All 7 Uses

approach
in
The Lost Boy
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Without a sound I approach Mother and await one of her "games."
Chpt 1

approach = get near
The officer approaches me.
Chpt 1 *

approaches = comes toward
As we approached the green and black house, I let out a shriek of joy.
Chpt 5

approached = got near
Don't you dare approach my household or converse with my children, ever!
Chpt 9

approach = get near
I wanted to join in, but I always chickened out before I approached them.†
Chpt 5
Rudy huffed, as Lilian approached his side.†
Chpt 6
I can see a cloudburst approaching.†
Chpt Epil.

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(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.