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Meaning of approach

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  approach
      n 1: ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or
           situation; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a
           list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan
           of attack was misguided" [syn: {approach}, {attack}, {plan
           of attack}]
      2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the
         hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: {approach},
         {approaching}, {coming}]
      3: a way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the
         access to the bridge" [syn: {access}, {approach}]
      4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing [syn:
         {approach path}, {approach}, {glide path}, {glide slope}]
      5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn:
         {approach}, {approaching}]
      6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
         others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: {overture},
         {advance}, {approach}, {feeler}]
      7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the
         approach of winter" [syn: {approach}, {approaching},
         {coming}]
      8: a close approximation; "the nearest approach to genius"
      9: a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto
         the putting green; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled
         over the green" [syn: {approach}, {approach shot}]
      v 1: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They
           are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
           [syn: {approach}, {near}, {come on}, {go up}, {draw near},
           {draw close}, {come near}]
      2: come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or
         character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing
         approaches that of Horowitz" [syn: {border on}, {approach}]
      3: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult
         problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: {set about}, {go
         about}, {approach}]
      4: come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old
         age" [syn: {approach}, {come near}]
      5: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or
         suggestion; "I was approached by the President to serve as
         his adviser in foreign matters"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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