All 11 Uses

approach
in
Me Before You
(Edited)

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. 4.1

approaching = getting nearer
As I approached the living room I heard the woman's voice, weaving its way through the slightly open door.
p. 55.9

approached = 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. 167.7

approached = 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. 286.7

approached = went to
I watched him stiffen slightly at the approach of two of them.
p. 286.9

approach = coming
Alicia, floating around the garden—an ethereal vision, air-kissing and exclaiming—didn't approach us.
p. 287.4

approach = 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. 311.3

approached = went to
He looked up as I approached him.
p. 328.2

approached = got near

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.