All 7 Uses of
approach
in
The Lost Boy
- Without a sound I approach Mother and await one of her "games."
Chpt 1approach = 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 5approached = got near
- Don't you dare approach my household or converse with my children, ever!
Chpt 9approach = 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:
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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.