2 meanings, 9 uses
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1 —4 uses as in:
approached the city
Definition
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
- Before the race began, I tried to approach Annabeth and tell her about my dream.Chapter 6 (57% in)
approach = get near
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- My lunch approaches.Chapter 2 (86% in)
- The problem was that Tyson wanted to ride the "chicken ponies," too, but the pegasi got skittish whenever he approached.Chapter 6 (16% in)
- If any of us had tried to approach the Fleece, we would've been eaten alive, but I guess Tyson smelled like Polyphemus, because the flock didn't bother him at all.Chapter 15 (70% in)
approaches = comes near
approached = got near
approach = get near
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2 —1 use as in:
use the best approach
Definition
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
- You tried the diplomatic approach.Chapter 19 (24% in)
approach = technique (way of doing something)
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? —4 uses
exact meaning not specified
- We're approaching the island of the Sirens.Chapter 13 (35% in)
- Annabeth said as we approached the shoreline.Chapter 10 (18% in)
- We are approaching the entrance.Chapter 11 (35% in)
- As we approached the island, jagged rocks loomed out of the fog.Chapter 13 (43% in)
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