All 8 Uses

approach
in
Enrique's Journey (Adapted for Young People)
(Edited)

Each time he crosses, as the rainy season approaches, the river is higher and higher.
p. 65.6

approaches = comes nearer
From his perch fourteen feet up, he can see anyone approaching on either side of the tracks up ahead or from another car.
p. 72.5

approaching = getting near
Enrique approaches a house and speaks softly, his head slightly bowed.
p. 81.6

approaches = goes to
The train approaches.
p. 97.6 *

approaches = comes nearer
Two police officers approach.
p. 104.4

approach = come near
They approach every tourist they see.
p. 131.6

approach = go to
They do not consider Enrique's initial fear of approaching authorities because he believed he would be deported.
p. 215.1 *

approaching = speaking with someone about something for the first time
Soon, in an orange prison jumpsuit, Enrique approaches and sits before his screen.
p. 218.3

approaches = gets 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.