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) 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.