All 10 Uses
approach
in
Life of Pi
(Edited)
- The first time I saw his triangular form teetering and tottering about the zoo, I was shy to approach him.
Chpt 5-8approach = get near
- There is Brahman nirguna, without qualities, which lies beyond understanding, beyond description, beyond approach; with our poor words we sew a suit for it—One, Truth, Unity, Absolute, Ultimate Reality, Ground of Being— and try to make it fit, but Brahman nirguna always bursts the seams.
Chpt 13-16approach = getting near (figuratively, getting near describing)
- Now we call it Shiva, Krishna, Shakti, Ganesha; we can approach it with some understanding; we can discern certain attributes—loving, merciful, frightening—and we feel the gentle pull of relationship.
Chpt 13-16 *approach = get near (figuratively, get near understanding)
- The wise men seemed annoyed when they realized that all three of them were approaching the same people.
Chpt 21-24approaching = moving toward
- As evening approached, my anxiety grew.
Chpt 41-44approached = got near
- A fish jumping out of water was confronted by a famished boy with a hands-on, no-holds-barred approach to capturing it.
Chpt 65-68 *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- I decided on a more direct approach.
Chpt 69-72
- Our end was approaching.
Chpt 89-92approaching = getting near
- The division in the two tubes that resulted was very plain: the centre tube was white in colour, while the tube that surrounded it was decreasingly green as it approached the inner wall.
Chpt 89-92approached = got near
- I would like to add a third, to wit, the rapid and direct approach of a known killer.
Chpt 89-92approach = coming nearer
Definitions:
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(approach as in: approached the city) to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
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(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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(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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(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.