All 5 Uses
approach
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Soul Surfer
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- Before a heat, we sit and watch the waves coming into shore, and then we discuss my best approach.
p. 186.8 *approach = way of doing something
- As my mom reached the ornate fountain that marks the entryway into our Princeville community, they heard the wail of sirens approaching.†
p. 88.1 *
- Concentrating on your paddling, you barely notice as the approaching wave gently lifts you up.†
p. 120.1
- While I was waiting with Sarah for a flight, a man approached me and in a cocky and cruel way asked, "So, are you still surfing Tunnels?"†
p. 170.6
- Strangers approach me on the beach, in airports, in shops and restaurants.†
p. 170.9
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.