All 5 Uses of
approach
in
A Lesson Before Dying
- He took off his hat as I approached him.
Chpt 5 *approached = went to
- She was afraid to approach me physically, because I might leave and not come back.
Chpt 15approach = get near
- Offstage right, people are heard approaching.†
Chpt 19
- As I approached them, Miss Emma pushed herself away from the car and started heavily toward the entrance to the courthouse.†
Chpt 24
- Sidney drove the six blocks in Lucv's car, and as he was approaching the store he saw a crowd of people standing on the sidewalk, facing the courthouse.†
Chpt 30
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.