All 6 Uses of
approach
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- He saw the bulldozer drivers' union representative approaching and let his head sink back and closed his eyes.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *approaching = coming
- Here was an approach that had quite simply not occurred to him.
Chpt 7 (definition 2) *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- From time to time promising features would appear on the distant horizon—ravines, maybe mountains, maybe even cities—but as they approached the lines would soften and blur into anonymity and nothing would transpire.†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- Zaphod screamed at it to shut up, but his voice was lost in the din of what they quite naturally assumed was approaching destruction.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- As they approached the ridge of higher ground they became aware that it seemed to be circular—a crater about a hundred and fifty yards wide.
Chpt 20 (definition 1)approached = moved toward
- The body lay reassuringly still as he approached it, and continued to lie reassuringly still as he reached it and put his foot down on the Kill-O-Zap gun that still dangled from its limp fingers.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
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