All 14 Uses of
approach
in
The Battle of the Labyrinth
- The young guardian dragon was dozing, coiled around the pine tree, but he lifted his coppery head as we approached and let Annabeth scratch under his chin.
Chpt 2 *approached = moved nearer
- It won't let anyone approach.
Chpt 13approach = get near
- A tour group was approaching.†
Chpt 1
- I got out of bed and approached.†
Chpt 5
- As we approached the cell, the weeping got louder.†
Chpt 7
- I didn't dare call after her, but I didn't like the idea of her approaching the forge on her own.†
Chpt 11
- The centaur struggled to get up as the giant approached, his javelin ready.†
Chpt 14
- It was too easy, but I approached the dais.†
Chpt 16
- Whenever I'd approached Kronos before, his evil voice had spoken in my mind.†
Chpt 16
- Then I heard noises behind me-voices approaching.†
Chpt 16
- I stumbled away from the dais, forgetting that I was invisible, and hid behind a column as they approached.†
Chpt 16
- I glanced back and saw him approaching leisurely, swinging his scythe as if he were enjoying the feel of having it in his hands again.†
Chpt 16
- He watched us as we approached, his eyes as blue as the sky.†
Chpt 17
- The satyrs all stood respectfully and— bowed as he approached.†
Chpt 19
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.