Approach

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Etymology 1

Template:Root From Template:Inh, borrowed from Template:Der (modern Template:Cog), from Template:Der, a verb based on Template:Der, ultimately from Template:Der (a variant of Template:M) + Template:M).

Verb

1. Template:Lb To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
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2. Template:Lb To play an approach shot.
3. Template:Lb Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.

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4. Template:Lb 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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5. Template:Lb To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.

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6. Template:Lb To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
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7. Template:Lb To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
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8. Template:Lb To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
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9. Template:Lb To have sexual intercourse with (someone).

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10. Template:Lb To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other 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.

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Etymology 2

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Noun

1. Template:Lb An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
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2. An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
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3. Template:Lb An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
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   1. Template:Lb A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
4. Template:Lb A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
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5. Template:Lb An opportunity of drawing near; access.
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6. Template:Lb The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
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   1. A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.

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7. Template:Lb The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
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Collocations

• 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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