2 meanings, 13 uses
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1 —8 uses as in:
approached the city
Definition
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
- The air is less hot, signifying evening's approach.p. 170.3
approach = getting near
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Sometimes, if I've wounded an animal with an arrow, it's better to get a knife into it, too, before I approach it.p. 57.8
- In no time at all, we are approaching the door and I can see that between the overcast sky and evening hour the light is turning gray.p. 69.3
- I expect the ladder to release me then, but I'm still stuck when a woman in a white coat approaches me carrying a syringe.p. 143.9
- I want to be high, like in the hills around District 12, where I can see my enemies approaching.p. 152.3
- The sky is still dark, but I can feel the first signs of dawn approaching.p. 159.2
- Then she begins to approach the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes landing on one foot, teetering slightly, sometimes risking a few steps.p. 218.1
- The boy from District 3 throws stones into the ruins and must have declared all the mines activated because the Careers are approaching the wreckage.p. 224.4
approach = get near
approaching = getting near
approaches = comes toward
approaching = as they come near
approaching = coming near
approach = get near
approaching = moving toward
There are no more uses of "approach" flagged with this meaning in The Hunger Games.
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2 —5 uses as in:
use the best approach
Definition
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
- Maybe the best approach is to get him talking.p. 300.5
approach = technique (way of doing something)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Volunteering to wash Haymitch but then challenging him this morning when apparently the nice-guy approach had failed.p. 60.7
- "About our current approach," says Haymitch.p. 113.8
- I'm not sure what our current approach is.p. 113.9
- What's Peeta's approach?p. 116.8
approach = technique (way of doing something)
approach = technique (way of doing something)
approach = technique (way of doing something)
approach = technique (way of doing something)
There are no more uses of "approach" flagged with this meaning in The Hunger Games.
Typical Usage
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