All 11 Uses of
approach
in
Me Before You
- He catches sight of a taxi with an orange light approaching on the other side of the road, and begins to stride toward it, hoping nobody else has seen.
p. 4.1approaching = getting nearer
- As I approached the living room I heard the woman's voice, weaving its way through the slightly open door.
p. 55.9approached = got near
- "Georgina," Mrs. Traynor's gaze flicked toward me as I approached.
p. 113.4
- They cheered as I approached, and I fought the urge to give them the finger again.
p. 167.7approached = moved nearer
- As the evening approached, I don't know who grew more nervous about it, Will or me.
p. 177.6 *approached = got nearer
- This meant that, as summer approached, outings around the castle were getting harder, and half the places I thought we might be able to go—fairs, outdoor theater, concerts—were ruled out.
p. 248.2
- As if freed by the sight of Freddie Derwent doing so, over the next hour several more people approached Will to say hello.
p. 286.7approached = went to
- I watched him stiffen slightly at the approach of two of them.
p. 286.9approach = coming
- Alicia, floating around the garden—an ethereal vision, air-kissing and exclaiming—didn't approach us.
p. 287.4approach = come near
- She had just pulled into the drive in her car and I hesitated, out of sight of Will's window, before I approached her.
p. 311.3approached = went to
- He looked up as I approached him.
p. 328.2approached = got near
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.