to approach
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3.3
- verb
- /əˈproʊtʃ/
:
acercarse a
- The people who stage these crashes are able to capture a light-heartedness, a carefree enjoyment that car crashes in foreign movies can never approach.
- even begin to approach
- approach the level
- approaching significance
Yes, Asymptote is going to be a line that the graph is going to approach if we talked about.
- Yes, Asymptote is going to be a line that the graph is going to approach if we talked about.
Examples
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Further, it may be that the younger and older participants approached the activity differently.
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You know, look, there are ways in which you approach your practice.
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You kind of approach them from an angle, right?
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And they all have different ways to approach some similar missions.
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We approached you through the correct channels.
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So the way that I approach this is through the lens of fulfillment.
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A female staff member approached women who had received a DVO against a male intimate partner.
Academic text (2008) -
Scholars have long used nonconventional sources to more closely approach cultural history, illustrations, and "popular" literature in particular.
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That's how Hamilton approaches Pinterest, which she uses primarily as a repository for her fashion inspiration.
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To solve the problem effectively, we need to approach it from a different angle.
Synonyms
961
1.8
To be as good as someone or something else
841
1.0
To be the same color or style as something else
245
1.0
To make something the same in value or amount as another
72
2.9
To be almost as good as something in quality or amount
68
3.8
Be similar to something in meaning, amount or place
30
5.2
To be almost an extreme or bad state
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4.6
To be nearly the same as another thing
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.5
The route a plane follows when going down to land, especially the last part before it touches the ground
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4.2
A calm and sensible way of thinking in difficult or stressful situations
- Archaic
A way of doing something that avoids a direct answer or clear action
A way of doing things that encourages competition and rewards only the strongest
A policy that prefers talks and peaceful solutions instead of force in foreign or economic affairs
- Specialized
A business method that sells many different products to small groups instead of a few big markets
- Formal
A way of studying many things that makes differences seem very large
A way of doing things that includes many cultures in schools and communities
- Offensive
A way of supporting freedom that looks simple but ignores real problems
- Specialized
A way controllers use radar to guide pilots by radio to land in low visibility
- Specialized
An approach that studies each person or case in detail to understand their unique experience
- Slang
A personal, creative way of thinking often used by people with autism or ADHD
- Formal
A way of arguing that acts doubtful but does not check new evidence fairly
- Informal
A different, slightly strange way of doing something to get new ideas
- Archaic
A style of rule like the Pope's with strong central control and religious power
- Literature
A focus on small local issues and interests instead of wider public needs
An aggressive, unfair way of trying to gain an advantage over others in business
- Jargon
A person who appears briefly, makes quick changes, and gives no further help
- Specialized
A Buddhist way of thinking that teaches letting go of attachments to find inner calm
- Literature
A strict, unfair way of leading that does not allow people to disagree
How Similar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Approach comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and prope 'near', so it can mean 'come close in quality'. That is why we say something approaches perfection when it gets very near to that quality.