All 5 Uses

approach
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And The Mountains Echoed
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As it approached the village from the direction of the mountains, the earth shook with each of its footfalls.
Chpt 1 *

approached = moved toward
It was the boy, the one with the old man who had tried to approach Baba jan at the school's opening ceremony.
Chpt 7 *

approach = begin communication with
One day she was sitting on the dirt yet again, a prayer playing upon her lips, when she saw a thin figure approaching Maidan Sabz from the direction of the mountains.†
Chpt 1
Just as the rounds of handshaking were coming to an end, Adel spotted a slight man approaching his father.†
Chpt 7
My dread of the coming end of summer was like a knot in my belly, winding tighter with each passing day as I steeled myself against the approaching farewell.†
Chpt 8

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.