All 5 Uses of
approach
in
The Lightning Thief
- Luke approached the fire, bowed his head, and tossed in a cluster of fat red grapes.†
Chpt 7
- Approach, seeker, and ask.†
Chpt 9
- But she let me approach-twenty feet, ten feet.†
Chpt 11 *
- I didn't have to be told who the two gods were that were sitting there, waiting for me to approach.†
Chpt 21
- I approached the fisherman's throne and knelt at his feet.†
Chpt 21
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.