All 3 Uses of
approach
in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- But before they had time to feel really awkward one of the leopards approached Aslan and said, "Sire, there is a messenger from the enemy who craves audience."
p. 153.4approached = went to
- "Let him approach," said Aslan.
p. 153.5 *approach = come near
- Four Hags, grinning and leering, yet also (at first) hanging back and half afraid of what they had to do, had approached him.
p. 166.4approached = moved toward
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.