All 4 Uses of
approach
in
The Help
- Skeeter watches as Celia Foote approaches Elizabeth.
Chpt 25approaches = moves toward
- Celia backs away, as if she's afraid to approach Hilly where she'd seemed so powerful a few minutes ago.
Chpt 25 *approach = get near
- Hilly stands very still, watching her approach.
Chpt 25
- I approach her car from behind, but she doesn't see me.
Chpt 33
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.