All 8 Uses of
approach
in
Into the Wild
- One of their neighbors was the director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, and Walt approached this man, an army general, for advice.
p. 31..6 (definition 1) *approached = began talking with
- For more than eight months after he said good-bye to McCandless, Franz remained at his campsite, scanning the road for the approach of a young man with a large pack, waiting patiently for Alex to return.
p. 60..0 (definition 2)approach = coming
- I said hello as he approached, he mumbled a reply, and we paused to chat in the drizzle.
p. 73..4 (definition 2)approached = came near
- Chris had such an outstanding knack for selling that in the spring of 1986, as Chris's high school graduation approached, the owner of the construction company phoned Walt and offered to pay for Chris's college education if Walt would persuade his son to remain in Annandale and keep working while he went to school instead of quitting the job and going off to Emory.
p. 116..6 (definition 2)
- I'd learned by then that a direct approach, 'By God, you better not try a stunt like that again!', didn't work with Chris.
p. 119..2 (definition 3) *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- Those mountains heralded the approach of my desideratum.
p. 137..2 (definition 2) *approach = coming near
- Walking past the moose bones, I approach the vehicle and step through an emergency exit at the back.
p. 178..3 (definition 2)approach = come near
- If a species does produce alkaloids, as fall approaches, the seeds are where the toxin is most likely to be found.
p. 193..5 (definition 2)approaches = comes near
Definitions:
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(1) (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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(2) (approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(3) (approach as in: use the best approach) a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place