All 7 Uses of
approach
in
And Then There Were None
- The loud drawn out scream of an approaching train was heard.
p. 22.9approaching = getting nearer
- He paid no attention to the approach of the searchers.
p. 124.1approach = coming near
- General Macarthur stirred at her approach.
p. 128.5
- As a matter of fact I was approached by a little Jewboy-Morris his name was.
p. 142.6 *approached = engaged in a delicate conversation
- The four men emerged from Blore's room and approached Vera.
p. 207.3approached = went to
- He was chopping sticks for lighting the fire and did not hear me approach.
p. 294.6 *approach = come near
- I said that here we could see if any one else approached us, and we should not be seen from the house as the bedrooms faced the other way.
p. 296.3approached = came near
Definitions:
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(1)
(approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(2)
(approach as in: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
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(3)
(approach as in: approached her with the proposal) to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.