Helen Fenton

Approach: Definition and part of speech

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Approach

  1. v. i. See Approaching.
  2. v. i. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
  3. v. i. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
  4. v. t. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
  5. v. t. 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.
  6. v. t. To take approaches to.
  7. v. i. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
  8. v. i. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
  9. v. i. Movements to gain favor; advances.
  10. v. i. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
  11. 1v. i. 1 See Approaching.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.