to approach
- verb
- /əˈproʊtʃ/
- The best way to approach this challenge is with a clear plan.
- approach the problem
- a way of approaching
- approach the task
The key way to approach this is to stay calm.
- The key way to approach this is to stay calm.
- I would say no, that is not the way to approach it further.
- So that's part of how I am approaching things, if that is helpful.
- So I approach this much like I would approach a race.
- Like how do you approach making me feel better?
- And I'm saying you should approach this as your savings account.
- Well, that's not the way that you have to approach questions and answers.
- How do they live their lives and how do they approach balancing at all?
- That's a great way to approach these, these things.
- This is a very not conservative way of approaching substance use at all.
- We sort of try, we have to have, we have to approach the story somehow.
- And that doesn't mean that it's the right way to approach politics.
- So as I approach, that's how I approach it.
- And and so that's why I think that I try to approach it that way.
- And so everything I approach with that same thought process.
Examples
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Our elicitation approach has shown that students approach a class with a reasonably consistent set of expectations.
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But there's a right way and a wrong way to approach this.
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The key way to approach this is to stay calm.
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That is not the right way to approach this terrible crisis.
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My question is how should we approach business debt?
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I would say no, that is not the way to approach it further.
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So how do you want to approach this bicycle problem?
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Has that had any impact on the way that you approach YouTube?
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What's the best way for them to approach investing in this area?
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By recognizing that boys and girls have unique differences in the way they approach mathematics.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
To try to deal with a difficult problem or task
To begin doing something in a certain way
To deal with a problem, task, or feeling step by step until it is done
To begin working on a task with energy and determination
To start doing something in a determined way
Deal with a difficult problem or situation
To deal with a problem or difficult event well
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
The route a plane follows when going down to land, especially the last part before it touches the ground
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 Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Approach comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and prope 'near', so it can also mean to come close to a task. That is why to approach a problem means to begin to deal with it or to move toward a solution.