Dictionary

approach

-verb

1. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
2. (intransitive) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
3. (transitive) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
4. (transitive, military) To take approaches to.

-noun

1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
2. An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
3. (used only with the plural approaches) Movements to gain favor; advances.
4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. —Macaulay.
5. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
6. (used only in the plural, fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
7. (golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
8. The way a plane lands at an airport.
9. (bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.