All 5 Uses
approach
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The House of Hades
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- 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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(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.