English Explanatory Dictionary

approach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
  2. To play an approach shot.
  3. Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
  4. Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
  5. To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
  6. To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
  7. Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
  8. To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
  9. To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
  10. To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
  11. To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
noun
  1. An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
  2. An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
  3. An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
  4. A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
  5. A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
  6. An opportunity of drawing near; access.
  7. The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
  8. A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
  9. The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
  10. Ellipsis of approach shot.

Pronunciation

/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/ /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/ En-us-approach.ogg

Word forms

approach approaches approaching approached

Etymology

From Middle English aprochen, borrowed from Old French aprochier (modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (a variant of *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-kʷe (“suffix forming distributives from interrogatives”)).

Synonyms

approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sex have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love mate share a bed sleep together strain bang bauf beat bone boff boink bonk bop bounce breed bump nasties bump uglies catch a dick clap cheeks dance discuss Uganda dip one's pen in someone's inkwell do it do the deed do the nasty eff engender expletive deleted frack frak frick frig fuck get busy get down get freaky get it get it on get jiggy get laid get lucky get one's dick wet get one's end away get one's freak on get one's groove on

Derived words

approachability approachable approachableness approacher approaching approachless approachment reapproach unapproachability unapproachable unapproachableness unapproachably unapproached unapproaching approach anxiety approach-forcing approach play approach shoe approach wedge closest point of approach cold approach counterapproach final approach missed approach multiapproach non-precision approach purposive approach seagull approach shotgun approach slam dunk approach surveillance approach Trager approach

Translations

Bulgarian: вход Bulgarian: подхо́д Bulgarian: захо́д Catalan: accés Catalan: entrada Catalan: aproximació Chinese Mandarin: 通道 Chinese Mandarin: 通路 Chinese Mandarin: 進近 /进近 Dutch: laan Dutch: toegang Dutch: aanvliegen Finnish: käynti Finnish: kulku Finnish: reitti Finnish: lähestyminen Ancient Greek: ἔφοδος Hebrew: גִּישָׁה Icelandic: aðgönguleið Icelandic: aðflug Italian: accesso Italian: avvicinamento Japanese: 通路 Latin: aditus Norwegian: innkjøring Polish: dojazd Polish: podjazd Portuguese: acesso Portuguese: entrada Russian: подъе́зд Russian: по́дступ Russian: подхо́д Russian: захо́д на поса́дку Russian: захо́д Spanish: acceso Spanish: aproximación Ukrainian: підхі́д Danish: anflyvning Danish: indflyvning Faroese: innflúgving German: Anflug Norwegian Bokmål: innflyvning Norwegian Nynorsk: innflyging Swedish: inflygning
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