All 4 Uses of
approach
in
Beautiful Creatures
- That was my approach to most things the past few months.
p. 7.0 *approach = technique (way of doing something)
- In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill.
p. 420.6 *approach = get near
- Macon smiled his Cary Grant smile and approached the end of my bed.
p. 441.5approached = came near
- Emily was approaching Carrie Jensen's window.†
p. 327.5
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.