All 6 Uses of
approach
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
- Through her mask, she reports that unfortunately a study has just today determined that the mines of District 13 are still too toxic to approach.
Chpt 11approach = get near
- I can hear other footsteps approaching.
Chpt 19approaching = coming
- It continues to approach at a steady pace.
Chpt 20approach = get near
- We walk down the nearest sand strip, approaching the Cornucopia with care, just in case the Careers are concealed there.
Chpt 23approaching = moving nearer
- Dangerous, but only if approached.
Chpt 27approached = someone gets near
- I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow.
Chpt 27 *approach = get near
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.