All 9 Uses of
approach
in
The Sea of Monsters
- My lunch approaches.
Chpt 2approaches = comes near
- The problem was that Tyson wanted to ride the "chicken ponies," too, but the pegasi got skittish whenever he approached.
Chpt 6 *approached = got near
- Before the race began, I tried to approach Annabeth and tell her about my dream.
Chpt 6approach = get near
- 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.
Chpt 15
- You tried the diplomatic approach.
Chpt 19 *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- Annabeth said as we approached the shoreline.†
Chpt 10
- We are approaching the entrance.†
Chpt 11
- We're approaching the island of the Sirens.†
Chpt 13
- As we approached the island, jagged rocks loomed out of the fog.†
Chpt 13
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.