All 5 Uses of
approach
in
The House of Hades
- On the other side, in the narrow path between the river and the cliffs, voices snarled, getting louder as they approached from upstream.
p. 53.1 *approached = got nearer
- He saw no approaching monsters—nothing but the stark gray wasteland.†
p. 114.8
- They followed Bob through the wasteland, tracing the route of the Phlegethon as they approached the storm front of darkness.†
p. 158.7
- As they approached the mountains, Jason saw the ruins of a Roman town spread out in a valley below—crumbling walls, square foundations, and cracked roads, all overgrown with grass—so it looked like a giant, mossy game board.†
p. 281.6
- Leo approached her from one side so she could see him.†
p. 375.2
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.