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==English==
{{was wotd|2021|April|19}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-approach.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊtʃ|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|ap|proach}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*-kʷe}}
From {{inh|en|enm|aprochen}},<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=
ap(p)rōchen|pos=v|id=MED1992}}</ref> borrowed from {{der|en|fro|aprochier}} (modern {{cog|fr|approcher}}), from {{der|en|LL.|appropio|appropiāre}}, a verb based on {{der|en|la|prope|t=near}},<ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=v|id=9838|date=March 2021|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=v}}</ref> ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*pro-}} (a variant of {{m|ine-pro|*per-|t=before, in front; first}}) + {{m|ine-pro|*-kʷe|t={{glossary|suffix}} forming [[distributive]]s from [[interrogative]]s}}).

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[come#Verb|come]] or [[go#Verb|go]] [[near#Adverb|near]], in [[place#Noun|place]] or [[time#Noun|time]]; to move toward; to [[advance#Verb|advance]] nearer; to [[draw#Verb|draw]] [[nigh#Adverb|nigh]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare King Lear Q1|act=II|scene=ii|page=45|passage='''Approach''' thou beacon [the Sun] to this vnder gloabe, <br> That by thy comfortable beames I may <br> Peruſe this letter, nothing almoſt ſees my wracke <br> But miſerie.}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|2 Samuel|11|20|page=417|column=2|passage=And if ſo be that the kings wrath ariſe, and hee ſay vnto thee, wherefore '''approched''' ye ſo nigh vnto the city when yee did fight? Knew yee not that they would ſhoot from the wall?}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Hebrews|10|24–25|page=1466|column=1|passage=And let vs conſider one another to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes: Not forſaking the aſſembling of ourſelues together, as the manner of ſome is: but exhorting one another, and ſo much the more, as ye ſee the day '''approching'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol|pages=35–36|pageref=35|passage=It beckoned Scrooge to '''approach''', which he did. When they were within two paces of each other, Marley's Ghost held up its hand, warning him to come no nearer. Scrooge stopped.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1947|month=January and February|author=O. S. Nock|title="The Aberdonian" in Wartime|journal=Railway Magazine|page=7|text=The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and '''approaching''' from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|golf|tennis}} To [[play#Verb|play]] an [[approach shot]].
# {{lb|en|ambitransitive|figuratively}} ''Used intransitively, followed by'' '''[[to]]''': to draw near (to someone or something); to [[make#Verb|make]] [[advance#Noun|advances]]; to [[approximate#Verb|approximate]] or become almost [[equal#Adjective|equal]].
#: {{ux|en|He '''approaches''' to the character of the ablest statesman.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Tristram Merton [pseudonym; [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]]]|title=Criticisms on the Principal Italian Writers. No. I. Dante.|editor=<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:Charles Knight (publisher)|Charles Knight]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>|magazine=Knight’s Quarterly Magazine|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed [by]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[w:William Clowes (printer)|William Clowes]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> for Charles Knight,{{nb...|Pall Mall East.}}|month=January|year=1824|volume=II|issue=I|page=215|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVNFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA215|oclc=614542612|passage=The great source, as it appears to me, of the power of the {{w|Divine Comedy}} [by {{w|Dante Alighieri}}], is the strong belief with which the story seems to be told. In this respect, the only books which '''approach''' to its excellence are {{w|Gulliver's Travels}} and {{w|Robinson Crusoe}}.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Samuel Laing (travel writer)|Samuel Laing]]|chapter=IX|title=A Tour in Sweden in 1838; Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation|location=London|publisher={{...|Printed [by]}} <nowiki>[</nowiki>{{w|Andrew Spottiswoode}}<nowiki>]</nowiki> for [[w:Longman|Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans]],{{nb...|Paternoster-Row.}}|year=1839|page=371|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGJjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA371|oclc=27033245|passage=Without these incentives to industry the Norwegian would be like the Laplander, without industry and civilisation; and the nearer he '''approaches''' to the ''beau idéal'' of those political economists—to the state of being without a taste for these foreign and expensive luxuries—the nearer he '''approaches''' to the condition of the Laplander in the comforts and enjoyments of life.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|rarely|intransitive}} Of an [[immovable#Adjective|immovable]] [[object#Noun|object]] or a [[number#Noun|number]] of such objects: to be [[position#Verb|positioned]] as to ([[notionally]]) [[appear]] to be [[move#Verb|moving]] towards (a place).
#: {{ux|en|As we drove along the driveway, the trees '''approaching''' the house seemed more eerie.}}
#* {{RQ:Spectator|author=Addison|issue=477|date=6 September 1712|page=351|passage=[T]here appears a seeming mount, made up of trees rising one higher than another, in proportion as they '''approach''' the centre.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|also|figuratively}} To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, [[character]], or [[value#Noun|value]]; to draw nearer to.
#: {{ux|en|“Would counsel please '''approach''' the bench?” asked the judge.}}
#: {{ux|en|He '''approached''' the age of manhood.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|act=II|scene=iii|page=137|column=2|passage='''Approch''' the Chamber, and deſtroy your ſight <br> With a new ''{{w|Gorgon}}''.}}
#* {{RQ:Temple Miscellanea|part=3|page=223|passage=He <nowiki>[</nowiki>{{w|Empedocles}}<nowiki>]</nowiki> was an admirable Poet, and thought even to have '''approached''' ''{{w|Homer}}'', in a Poem he writ of Natural Philoſophy; [...]}}
#* {{RQ:Defoe Crusoe|pages=190–191|pageref=191|passage={{...}} I ſtuck all the Ground without my Wall, for a great way every way, as full with Stakes or Sticks of the ''Osier''-like Wood, which I found ſo apt to grow, as they could well ſtand; inſomuch, that I believe I might ſet in near twenty thouſand of them, leaving a pretty large Space between them and my Wall, that I might have room to ſee an Enemy, and they might have no ſhelter from the young Trees, if they attempted to '''approach''' my outer Wall.}}
#* {{RQ:Audubon Ornithological Biography|chapter=The American Redstart. ''Muscicapa Ruticilla'', Linn.{{nb...|Plate XL. Male and Female.}}|page=234|passage=When one '''approaches''' the nest of this species, the male exhibits the greatest anxiety respecting its safety, passes and repasses, fluttering and snapping its bill within a few feet, as if determined to repel the intruder.}}
#* {{RQ:Dickens Oliver Twist|volume=III|chapter=And Last|page=309|passage=Mr. Brownlow adopted Oliver as his own son, and removing with him and the old housekeeper to within a mile of the parsonage house, where his dear friends resided, he gratified the only remaining wish of Oliver's warm and earnest heart, and thus linked together a little society, whose condition '''approached''' as nearly to one of perfect happiness as can ever be known in this changing world.}}
#* {{RQ:Wells War of the Worlds|chapter=The Eve of the War|page=3|passage=The secular cooling that must some day overtake our planet has already gone far indeed with our neighbour [Mars]. Its physical condition is still largely a mystery, but we know now that even in its equatorial region the mid-day temperature barely '''approaches''' that of our coldest winter.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:William Anthony Granville|chapter=Theory of Limits|editor=[[w:Percey F. Smith|Percey F[ranklyn] Smith]]|title=Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus|location=Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Pearson Education|Ginn & Company]]|year=1904|section=paragraph 29 (Limit of a Variable)|page=19|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/elementsdiffere00smitgoog/page/n41/mode/1up|oclc=926065625|passage=If a variable <math>v</math> takes on successively a series of values that '''approach''' nearer and nearer to a constant value <math>l</math> in such a manner that <math>|v - l|</math> [''Footnote'': To be read ''the numerical value of the difference between'' <math>v</math> ''and'' <math>l</math>] becomes and remains less than any assigned arbitrarily small positive quantity, then <math>v</math> is said to '''''approach''' the limit <math>l</math>'', or to ''converge to the limit <math>l</math>''. Symbolically this is written <math>\operatorname{limit} v = l</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To bring (something) near something else; to [[cause#Verb|cause]] (something) to draw near.
#* {{RQ:Scott Kenilworth|volume=I|chapter=X|page=263|passage="My story is not long," said the artist; "but your honour had better sit while you listen to it." So saying, he '''approached''' to the fire a three-footed stool, and took another himself, {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[attempt#Verb|attempt]] to [[make#verb|make]] (a [[policy]]) or [[solve#Verb|solve]] (a [[problem#Noun|problem]]).
#* {{RQ:Fitzgerald Jazz Age|part=II|pages=243–244|pageref=243|passage=Mr. Moonlight Quill, mysterious, exotic, and oriental in temperament was, nevertheless, a man of decision. And it was with decision that he '''approached''' the problem of his wrecked shop.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bring up]] or [[propose]] to (someone) an [[idea]], [[question#Noun|question]], [[request#Noun|request]], etc.
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Dinesh Vaghela|chapter=Publisher’s Note|mainauthor=[[w:U. G. Krishnamurti|Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti]]|editor=Terry Newland|title=Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G.|location=Vallabhvidyanagar, Gujarat|publisher=Crest Associates|year=1987|page=7|pageurl=https://people.well.com/user/jct//intro.html|oclc=18628399|passage="Why bother publishing my conversations. It has not helped you, and it is not going to help anybody else", said U. G. when I '''approached''' him with the idea of publishing excerpts from his conversations with the constant stream of people who go to visit him.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|archaic|euphemistic}} To have [[sexual intercourse]] with (someone).
#: {{synonyms|en|Thesaurus:copulate}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Leviticus|18|6|page=205|column=1|passage=None of you ſhall '''approche''' to any that is neere of kinne to him, to vncouer ''their'' nakedneſſe: I ''am'' the {{smallcaps|Lord}}.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|military}} To [[take#Verb|take]] [[approaches#Noun|approaches]] to (a place); to move towards (a place) by [[use#Verb|using]] [[covered#Adjective|covered]] [[road#Noun|roads]], [[trench#Noun|trenches]], or other [[work#Noun|works]].

=====Usage notes=====
Regarding the use of sense 5 (“to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value”) in discussing convergence in mathematical analysis, modern rigorous formulations avoid using the words ''approach'' and ''converge''. However, the terms are used informally when rigour is not required.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|unapproached|reapproach
|approachability
|approachable
|approachableness
|approacher
|approaching<pos:adjective><qq:noun>
|approachless<ll:poetic>
|approachment
|unapproachability
|unapproachable
|unapproachableness
|unapproachably
|unapproached|unapproaching
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh}}
* Akkadian: {{t|akk|𒋼|tr=ṭehû, TE}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|afrim}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اِقْتَرَبَ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մոտենալ}}, {{t+|hy|մերձենալ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|aproximáse}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|падыхо́дзіць|impf}}, {{t|be|падысці́|pf}}, {{t|be|набліжа́цца|impf}}, {{t|be|наблі́зіцца|pf}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|dulok}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|tostaat}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приближавам|impf|alt=приближа́вам се}}, {{t|bg|приближа|pf|alt=приближа́ се}}, {{t+|bg|подхо́ждам|impf}}, {{t|bg|подхо́дя|pf}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aproximar-se}}, {{t+|ca|acostar-se}}, {{t+|ca|apropar-se}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|接近|tr=zip3 gan6}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|來臨|tr=láilín}}, {{t+|cmn|接近|tr=jiējìn}}, {{t+|cmn|走近|tr=zǒujìn}}, {{t+|cmn|挨近|tr=āijìn}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|přibližovat|impf|alt=přibližovat se}}, {{t+|cs|přiblížit|pf|alt=přiblížit se}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tilnærme}}, {{t|da|nærme}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|naderen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|aliri}}, {{t+|eo|proksimiĝi}}, {{t+|eo|alproksimiĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|approcher|alt=s'approcher}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|achegar|alt=achegarse}}, {{t|gl|rechegar|alt=arrechegarse}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|nähern|alt=sich nähern}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌰𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽}}, {{t|got|𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσεγγίζω}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|προσχωρέω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐγγίζω}}, {{t|grc|προσέρχομαι}}, {{t|grc|ἔπειμι}}, {{t|grc|πελάζω}}, {{t|grc|πίλναμαι}} {{qualifier|Epic}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|ניגש|tr=nigásh}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|समीप आना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|odamegy}}, {{t+|hu|odajön}}, {{t|hu|közelebb megy}}, {{t+|hu|közeledik}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|nálgast}}, {{t|is|færast nær}}, {{t|is|færa sig nær}}, {{t|is|[[fara]] [[nær]]}}, {{t|is|[[koma]] [[nær]]}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ionsaigh}}
* Italian: {{qualifier|reflexive}} {{t+|it|avvicinarsi}}, {{t+|it|appropinquarsi}} {{qualifier|reflexive}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|近づく|tr=ちかづく, chikazuku}}, {{t+|ja|接近|tr=せっきんする, sekkin suru|alt=接近する}}, {{t+|ja|近寄る|tr=ちかよる, chikayoru}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ទៅជិត|tr=tɨv cɨt}}, {{t|km|ចូលជិត|tr=cool cɨt}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|다가가다}}, {{t+|ko|접근하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|نزیک کەوتن}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|adeō}}, {{t|la|subeo}}, {{t|la|adbito}}, {{t+|la|accēdō}}
* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സമീപിക്കുക}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|tsengelea|alt=utsengelea}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|abordere}} {{qualifier|rare}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|apropiar}}, {{t+|oc|aprochar}}, {{t|oc|se sarrar}}, {{t|oc|s'acostairar}}, {{t+|oc|acostar}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|nēalǣċan}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|یاقینلاشمق|tr=yakınlaşmak}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|نزدیک شدن|tr=nazdik šodan}}, {{t+|fa|نزدیک کردن|tr=nazdik kardan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podchodzić|impf}}, {{t+|pl|podejść|pf}}, {{t|pl|[[zbliżać]] [[się]]|impf}}, {{t|pl|[[zbliżyć]] [[się]]|pf}}, {{t|pl|nadciągać|impf}}, {{t|pl|nadciągnąć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[aproximar]]-[[se]]}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|assuykuy}}, {{t|qu|chimpay}}, {{t|qu|asuy}}, {{t|qu|asuy}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|apropia}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подходи́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|подойти́|pf}} {{qualifier|to walk up or sail up closer to}}, {{t+|ru|приближа́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|приблизи́ться|pf}} {{qualifier|to get closer}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|आचरति}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|približiti se}}, {{t+|sh|pristupiti}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|približovať|impf|alt=približovať sa}}, {{t|sk|priblížiť|pf|alt=priblížiť sa}}, {{t|sk|blížiť sa|impf}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|bližati|impf|alt=bližati se}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acercar|alt=acercarse}}, {{t+|es|aproximarse}}, {{t+|es|avecinar|alt=avecinarse}}, {{t|es|[[dirigirse]] [[a]]}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stunda}}, {{t+|sv|närma}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|fotu}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaklaşmak}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎖𐎗𐎁}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підхо́дити|impf}}, {{t|uk|підійти́|pf}}, {{t|uk|наближа́тися|impf}}, {{t|uk|набли́зитися|pf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lại}}, {{t|vi|lại gần}}, {{t+|vi|đến}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|nesáu (at)}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|דערנענטערן}}, {{t|yi|דערנעענטערן}}
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{{trans-top|to play an approach shot}}
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{{trans-top|(''figuratively'') to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մոտենալ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|набліжа́цца|impf}}, {{t|be|наблі́зіцца|pf}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доближавам|impf|alt=доближа́вам се}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|benaderen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|proksimiĝi}}, {{t+|eo|alproksimiĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}}
* German: {{t+|de|nähern|alt=sich nähern}} {{qualifier|reflexive}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|közeledik}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|abbordare}}, {{t+|it|approcciare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|近づく|tr=ちかづく, chikazuku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|다가가다}}
* Latin: {{t|la|subeo}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|tilnærme}} {{t+|nb|seg}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[aproximar]]-[[se]]}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приближа́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|приблизи́ться|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aproximar|alt=aproximarse}}, {{t+|es|avecinarse}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|fotu}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaklaşmak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|наближа́тися|impf}}, {{t|uk|набли́зитися|pf}}
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{{trans-top|of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place)}}
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{{trans-top|to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մոտենալ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приближавам|impf|alt=приближа́вам се}}, {{t|bg|приближа|pf|alt=приближа́ се}}, {{t+|bg|подхо́ждам|impf}}, {{t|bg|подхо́дя|pf}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|benaderen}}, {{t+|nl|naderen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|proksimigi}}, {{t|eo|alproksimigi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|approcher|alt=s'approcher de}}
* German: {{t+|de|nähern|alt=sich nähern}} {{qualifier|reflexive}}, {{t+|de|annähern|alt=sich annähern}} {{qualifier|reflexive}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आगमन}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megközelít}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|nálgast}}, {{t|is|færast nær}}, {{t|is|færa sig nær}}
* Italian: {{t|it|accostarsi a}}, {{t|it|avvicinarsi a}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|近づく|tr=chikazuku}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|نزیک کەوتن}}
* Maore Comorian: {{t|swb|kariɓia|alt=ukariɓia}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|tsengelea|alt=utsengelea}}, {{t|zdj|kurubia|alt=ukurubia}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|[[nærme]] [[seg]]}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|نزدیک شدن به}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podchodzić|impf}}, {{t+|pl|podejść|pf}}, {{t|pl|[[zbliżać]] [[się]]|impf}}, {{t|pl|[[zbliżyć]] [[się]]|pf}}, {{t|pl|nadciągać|impf}}, {{t|pl|nadciągnąć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[aproximar]]-[[se]] [[de]]}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|q'imikuy}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подходи́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|подойти́|pf}} {{qualifier|to walk up or sail up closer to}}, {{t+|ru|приближа́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|приблизи́ться|pf}} {{qualifier|to get closer}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acercarse|alt=acercarse a}}, {{t+|es|aproximarse|alt=aproximarse a}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|karibia|alt=kukaribia}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaklaşmak}}
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{{trans-top|to bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near}}
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{{trans-top|to attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem)}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|abordar}}, {{t+|es|entablar}}, {{t+|es|acometer}}
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{{trans-top|to bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, etc.}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|plantear}}
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{{trans-see|to have sexual intercourse with (someone)|copulate}}

{{trans-top|(''military'') to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|обръщам|impf|alt=обръ́щам се}}, {{t|bg|[[контакту́вам]] ([[с]])|impf}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|benaderen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ektrakti}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}}
* German: {{t+|de|nähern|alt=sich nähern}} {{qualifier|reflexive}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yaklaşmak}}
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* Norman: {{t-check|nrf|appraichi}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
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===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|approche|t=approach, arrival}}, from {{m|enm|approchen}}, {{m|enm|aprochen|t=to come or go near, approach; to adjoin, be close by; to enter (someone’s) presence; to be or become involved; to reach (a certain state); to arrive; to befall, happen to; to become similar to, resemble; to be a match for (someone)}}; see [[#Etymology 1|etymology 1]].<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=apprōche|pos=n|id=MED1991}}</ref><ref>{{R:OED Online|pos=n|id=9837|date=July 2020|nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico|pos=n}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|also|figuratively}} An [[act#Noun|act]] of [[draw#Verb|drawing]] [[near#Adverb|near]] in [[place#Noun|place]] or [[time#Noun|time]]; an [[advancing#Noun|advancing]] or [[coming#Noun|coming]] near.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2|act=III|scene=iii|page=136|column=2|passage=Ah, what a ſigne it is of euill life, <br> Where death's '''approach''' is ſeene ſo terrible.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost Q1|act=II|scene=i|page=15|lines=81–84|passage=''Nauar'' had notice of your faire '''approch'''. <br> And he and his compettitours in [[oath|oth]], <br> Were all addreſt to meete you gentle Lady <br> Before I came: {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Defoe Crusoe|page=353|passage=Theſe Things, and the '''Approach''' of Night, called us off, or elſe, as ''Friday'' would have had us, we ſhould certainly have taken the Skin of this monſtrous Creature off, which was worth ſaving; but we had near three Leagues to go, and our Guide haſten'd us; ſo we left him, and went forward on our Journey.}}
#* {{RQ:Pope Dunciad|year=1729|book=3|pages=169–170|pageref=170|lines=337–338 and 345–346|passage=She comes! the Cloud-compelling pow'r, behold! <br> With night primæval, and with Chaos old. <br> {{...}} <br> Thus at her felt '''approach''', and ſecret might, <br> Art after Art goes out, and all is Night.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Samuel Horsley|chapter=Sermon I. [[w:Epistle of James|St. James]] v. 8. ''For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.''|title=Sermons|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher={{...|Printed and sold by}} T. and J. Swords,{{nb...|No. 160 Pearl-Street.}}|year=1811|volume=I|page=10|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBs3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10|oclc=5327685|passage=The '''approach''' of summer, says our Lord, is not more surely indicated by the first appearances of spring, than the final destruction of the wicked by the beginnings of vengeance on this impenitent people.}}
#* {{RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol|page=6|passage="A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!" cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his '''approach.'''}}
#* {{RQ:Eliot Adam Bede|volume=I|chapter=The Hall Farm|page=130|passage=There is quite a concert of noises: the great bull-dog, chained against the stables, is thrown into furious exasperation by the unwary '''approach''' of a cock too near the mouth of his kennel, and sends forth a thundering bark, which is answered by two fox-hounds shut up in the opposite cow-house; {{...}}}}
# An act of coming near in [[character]] or [[value#Noun|value]]; an [[approximation]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Richard Owen|chapter=Appendix B. On the Orang, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla, with Reference to the ‘Transmutation of Species.’|title=On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia,{{nb...|Being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade’s Foundation, Delivered before the University of Cambridge, in the Senate-House, May 10, 1859. To which is Added an Appendix “On the Gorilla,” and “On the Extinction and Transmutation of Species.”}}|location=London|publisher=[[w:John William Parker|John W[illiam] Parker and Son]],{{nb...|West Strand.}}|date=10 May 1859|page=85|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhuzAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA85|oclc=926205528|passage=The canine, judging from the figures published by M. [[w:Édouard Lartet|[Édouard] Lartet]], seems to be less developed than in the male chimpanzees, gorillas and orang. In which character the fossil, if it belonged to a male, makes a nearer '''approach''' to the human type; but it is one which many of the inferior monkeys also exhibit, and is by no means to be trusted as significant of true affinity, supposing even the sex of the fossil to be known as being male.}}
# {{lb|en|also|figuratively}} An [[avenue]], [[passage#Noun|passage]], or [[way#Noun|way]] by which a [[building#Noun|building]] or place can be [[approach#Verb|approached]]; an [[access#Noun|access]].
#* {{RQ:Herbert Temple|chapter=Dulnesse|page=108|passage=Where are my lines then? my '''approaches'''? views? <br> Where are my window-ſongs?}}
#* {{RQ:Cowper Homer|volume=II|book=VII|page=151|lines=100–102 and 109–112|passage={{...}} he ſaw <br> As of the ſun or moon illuming clear <br> The palace of Phæacia's mighty King. <br> {{...}} <br> Maſtiffs, in gold and ſilver, lined the '''approach''' <br> On either ſide, by art celeſtial framed <br> Of [[w:Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]], guardian of [[w:Alcinous|Alcinoüs]] gate <br> For ever, unobnoxious to decay.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Alfred Thayer Mahan|A[lfred] T[hayer] Mahan]]|chapter=The Opening Campaign in Natal to the Investment of Ladysmith (October 11–November 2)|title=The War in South Africa: A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities to the Fall of Pretoria|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:Peter Fenelon Collier|Peter Fenelon Collier & Son]]|year=1900|page=31|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/warinsouthafrica00newy/page/n46/mode/1up|column=2|oclc=1610566|passage=It was, therefore, natural to expect that the main attack would come from the north along the railroad, and from the east, where the '''approach''' from the Transvaal boundary, which is there marked by the Buffalo River, is over a country much more practicable than the western mountain range.}}
## {{lb|en|climbing}} A [[path#Noun|path]] [[take#Verb|taken]] to [[reach#Verb|reach]] the [[climbing#Noun|climbing]] [[area]], for example, from a [[car park]], [[road#Noun|road]], etc.
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[manner]] of [[make#Verb|making]] (a [[policy]]) or [[solve#Verb|solving]] (a [[problem#Noun|problem]], etc.).
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=In the Matter of Amendment of Section 64.702 of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations (Second Computer Inquiry): Final Decision|series=Docket no. 20828; FCC 80-189|journal=Federal Communications Commission Reports: Decisions and Reports of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=|date=2 May 1980|year_published=1982|volume=76 (2nd Series)|section=section IV (Comments), paragraph 41|page=402|pageurl=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35559002076648&view=1up&seq=1033|oclc=908804239|passage=Our proposed definitional '''approach''' to the data processing-communications dilemma evoked considerable discussion. There is uniform disagreement and confusion as to the regulatory implications of the proposed definitional terms.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=[[w:J. Skelly Wright|J[ames] Skelly Wright]], Chief Judge, {{w|United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit}}|title=Lead Industries Association, Inc., Petitioner, v. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent (No. 78-2201)|journal=[[w:Federal Reporter|Federal Reporter{{nb...|Cases Argued and Determined in the United States Court of Appeals, United States Court of Claims, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals}}]]|series=2nd Series|location=St. Paul, Minn.|publisher=[[w:West (publisher)|West Publishing Co.]]|date=27 June 1980|year_published=1981|volume=647|issue=1–3|page=1136|pageurl=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4441702&view=1up&seq=1218|column=|oclc=891573999|passage=Its [the {{w|United States Environmental Protection Agency}}'s] initial '''approach''' to controlling the amount of lead in the ambient air was to limit lead emissions from automobiles by restricting the amount of lead in gasoline.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Congressional Research Service|chapter=Article I: Legislative Power: Separation of Powers Limitations|editors=Johnny H. Killian; George A. Costello|title=[[w:Constitution of the United States|The Constitution of the United States of America]]: Analysis and Interpretation: 1988 Supplement:{{nb...|Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 29, 1988}}|series=100th [[w:United States Congress|Congress]], 2nd Session, [[w:United States Senate|Senate]] Document|seriesvolume=no. 100-43; United States Congressional Serial Set; no. 13854|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[w:United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|year=1989|page=4|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwYwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4|oclc=968505334|passage=The functional '''approach''' [to separation of powers issues] emphasizes the core functions of each branch and asks whether the challenged action threatens the essential attributes of the legislative, executive, or judicial function or functions. Under this '''approach''', there is considerable flexibility in the moving branch, usually Congress acting to make structural or institutional change, if there is little significant risk of impairment of a core function or in the case of such a risk if there is a compelling reason for the action.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} An [[opportunity]] of drawing near; [[access#Noun|access]].
#* {{RQ:Bacon Essayes|chapter=Of Ambition. XXXVI.|page=221|passage=''Honour'' hath three Things in it: The Vantage Ground to doe Good: The '''approach''' to Kings and principall Persons: And the Raiſing of a Mans owne Fortunes.}}
#* {{RQ:Swift Cadenus and Vanessa|page=21|passage=The Learned met with free '''Approach''', <br> Although they came not in a Coach.}}
#* {{RQ:John Gay Fables|fablenumber=XVI|fable=The Pin and the Needle|page=1|passage=Now, rais'd again from low '''approach''', <br> She [a pin] viſits in the doctor's coach; <br> Here, there, by various fortune toſt, <br> At laſt in ''Greſham'' hall was loſt.}}
#* {{RQ:Melville Moby-Dick|chapter=The Doubloon|page=479|passage=Nor, though placed amongst a ruthless crew and every hour passed by ruthless hands, and through the livelong nights shrouded with thick darkness which might cover any pilfering '''approach''', nevertheless every sunrise found the doubloon where the sunset left it last.}}
# {{lb|en|aviation|also|attributively}} The way an [[aircraft]] [[come#Verb|comes]] in to [[land#Verb|land]] at an [[airport]].
#* {{quote-book|en|chapter=Aerodynamic Factors|title=Instrument Flying Handbook 2001|series=FAA-H-8083-15|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Flight Standards Service, {{w|Federal Aviation Administration}}, [[w:United States Department of Transportation|U.S. Department of Transportation]]|year=2001|page=!2-6|pageurl=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433017685961&view=1up&seq=34|column=2|isbn=978-0-16-050673-4|passage=Most small airplanes maintain a speed well in excess of 1.3 times V{{sub|SO}} on an instrument '''approach'''. An airplane with a stall speed of 50 knots (V{{sub|SO}}) has a normal '''approach''' speed of 65 knots.}}
## A specific [[procedure]] used for [[#Verb|approach]]ing and [[land]]ing at an [[airport]].
##: {{ux|en|We flew the RNAV/GPS A '''approach''' to runway 16.}}
# {{lb|en|bowling}} The [[area]] before the [[lane]] in which a [[bowler]] may [[stand#Verb|stand]] or [[run up]] before [[bowl#Verb|bowling]] the [[ball#Noun|ball]].
# {{lb|en|golf|tennis}} {{short for|en|approach shot}}

=====Hyponyms=====
{{s|aviation}}
* {{l|en|instrument approach}}
* {{l|en|missed approach}}
* {{l|en|nonprecision approach}}
* {{l|en|precision approach}}
* {{l|en|visual approach}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|counterapproach|multiapproach|cold approach|Trager approach|approach play|approach-forcing|closest point of approach|final approach|missed approach|non-precision approach|purposive approach|seagull approach|shotgun approach|slam dunk approach|approach shoe|approach anxiety}}

=====Collocations=====
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* new approach
* different approach
* similar approach
* best approach
* right approach
* proper approach
* final approach
* near approach
* nearest approach
* holistic approach
* systematic approach
* scientific approach
* rational approach
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=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|act of drawing near in place or time}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|اِقْتِرَاب|m}}, {{t|ar|مُقَارَبَة|f}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|набліжэ́нне|n}}, {{t|be|прыбліжэ́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|приближа́ване|n}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|apropament|m}}, {{t+|ca|aproximació|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|接近|tr=jiējìn}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|přiblížení|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aantocht|f}}, {{t+|nl|benadering|f}}, {{t+|nl|komst|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|alproksimiĝo}}, {{t|eo|proksimiĝo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|approche|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Annäherung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσέγγιση|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἔφοδος|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|आना}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ionsaí|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|approccio|m}}, {{t+|it|avvicinamento|m}}, {{t+|it|contatto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アプローチ|tr=apurōchi}}, {{t+|ja|接近|tr=せっきん, sekkin}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|접근}}
* Latin: {{t|la|accessus|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|приближување|n}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|tilstundelse|m}} {{qualifier|time|archaic}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|tilnærmelse|m}} {{qualifier|space or figuratively}}, {{t+|nb|tilnærming|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|tilnærming|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nadejście|n}}, {{t+|pl|podejście|n}}, {{t+|pl|zbliżenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aproximação|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приближе́ние|n}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|priblíženie|n}}, {{t|sk|približovanie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|bližanje|n}}, {{t|sl|približevanje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acercamiento|m}}, {{t+|es|aproximación|f}}, {{t+|es|llegada|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|набли́ження|n}}
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{{trans-top-also|act of coming near in character or value|approximation}}
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{{trans-top-also|avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached|access}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|вход|m}}, {{t+|bg|подхо́д|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|accés|m}}, {{t+|ca|entrada|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|通道|tr=tōngdào}}, {{t+|cmn|通路|tr=tōnglù}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|laan|f}}, {{t+|nl|toegang|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|käynti}}, {{t+|fi|kulku}}, {{t+|fi|reitti}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἔφοδος|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גִּישָׁה|tr=gishá|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|aðgönguleið|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|accesso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|通路|tr=つうろ, tsūro}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aditus|m}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|innkjøring|c}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dojazd|m}}, {{t+|pl|podjazd|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|acesso|m}}, {{t+|pt|entrada|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подъе́зд|m}}, {{t+|ru|по́дступ|m}}, {{t+|ru|подхо́д|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acceso|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підхі́д|m}}
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{{trans-top|manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Qas}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|كَيْفِيَّة|f}}, {{t+|ar|طَرِيقَة|f}}, {{t|ar|وَسِيلَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yol}}, {{t|az|çəm}}, {{t|az|yanaşma}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|падыхо́д|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|подхо́д|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|apropament|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|方法|tr=fāngfǎ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|přístup|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|fremgangsmåde|c}}, {{t|da|tilgang|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanpak|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|sinteno}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestymistapa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|approche|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ansatz|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσέγγιση|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גִּישָׁה|f|tr=gishá}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hozzáállás}}, {{t+|hu|megközelítés}}, {{t+|hu|szemlélet}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|nálgun|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|approccio}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アプローチ|tr=apurōchi}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|វិធីសាស្ត្រ|tr=vi’tʰii saah}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|접근}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|pendekatan}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|tilnærmelsesmåte|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podejście|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|approach|m}}, {{t+|pt|abordagem|f}}, {{t+|pt|enfoque}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|abordare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|подхо́д|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|modh|m|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|prístup|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|enfoque|m}}, {{t+|es|planteamiento|m}}, {{t+|es|talante|m}}, {{t+|es|abordaje|m}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t-needed|tr}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підхі́д|m}}
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{{trans-top-also|opportunity of drawing near|access}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|до́ступ|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|до́стъп|m}}, {{t+|bg|подхо́д|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|apropament|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|benadering|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyminen}}
* German: {{t+|de|Annäherung|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גִּישָׁה|f|tr=gishá}}
* Latin: {{t|la|accessus|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dostęp|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|до́ступ|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acercamiento|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|до́ступ|m}}
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{{trans-top|way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|захо́д|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|aproximació|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|進近|tr=jìnjìn}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|anflyvning|c}}, {{t+|da|indflyvning|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanvliegen|n}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|innflúgving}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyminen}}
* German: {{t+|de|Anflug|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|aðflug|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|avvicinamento|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|innflyvning}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|innflyging}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[захо́д]] на [[посадка|поса́дку]]|m}}, {{t+|ru|захо́д|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aproximación|f}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|inflygning|c}}
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{{trans-top|area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball}}
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{{trans-see|''short for'' approach shot|approach shot}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|approach|approach (disambiguation)}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

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==Portuguese==

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#es}}

# {{l|en|approach}} {{gloss|a manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made}}
#: {{syn|pt|abordagem}}