All 3 Uses of
approach
in
Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli
- I was approaching the merry-go-round one day when I noticed that things were different.
Chpt 14approaching = moving toward
- I did not want to call out. I approached her quietly from behind.
Chpt 31 *approached = went to
- When night returned, we approached the wall.†
Chpt 39
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) 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.