All 9 Uses of
approach
in
No Easy Day
- The first thing we tried to do was find an alternate way to approach the target.
p. 168.8 *approach = get near
- It was well after midnight as the helicopter approached the dam.†
p. 48.2
- We had approached from the south and landed on the building just to the north of our target.†
p. 59.3
- I could hear the Bradley's tracks chewing up the asphalt as it approached the house.†
p. 60.7
- My team's point man led us through the same gate, and we approached the front door of our building.†
p. 131.9
- Our bird will be the first to approach from the southeast and hold station here.†
p. 188.2
- Heading toward Cl, Will was next to me as we approached the front door of the guesthouse.†
p. 218.5
- My ears strained to hear a round being chambered or the footsteps of someone approaching.†
p. 234.9
- Wondering what was going on, a few small groups approached the security team.†
p. 250.1
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.