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) 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.