approach
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make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" -
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come near in time "Winter is approaching","approaching old age" -
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move towards "We were approaching our destination","They are drawing near","The enemy army came nearer and nearer" -
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begin to deal with "approach a task","go about a difficult problem","approach a new project" -
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come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character "This borders on discrimination!","His playing approaches that of Horowitz" -
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" -
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a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" -
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ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons","an attack on inflation","his plan of attack was misguided" -
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a way of entering or leaving "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" -
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a close approximation "the nearest approach to genius" -
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the temporal property of becoming nearer in time "the approach of winter" -
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a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others "she rejected his advances" -
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the event of one object coming closer to another -
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the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
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A access, or opportunity of drawing near. "The approach to kings and principal persons." -
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(Golf) A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club. -
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A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. -
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Movements to gain favor; advances. -
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(Hort) See Approaching. -
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(Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip. -
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The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. "The approach of summer.", "A nearer approach to the human type." -
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(Fort) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. -
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(Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins. -
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To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance. -
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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. "Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city?", "But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching ." -
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To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman. -
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(Mil) To take approaches to.
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To come or go near in place or time; draw near; advance nearer; come into presence. -
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Figuratively, to draw near; approximate; come near in degree: with to: as, he approaches to the character of an able statesman. -
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To bring near; advance: as, he approached his hand to the cup. -
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To come or draw near to: as, to approach the gate. -
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Figuratively, to come near to in quality, character, or condition; nearly equal: as, modern sculpture does not approach that of the Greeks. -
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The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. -
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Access; opportunity or liberty of drawing near; nearness: as, “the approach to kings,” Bacon. -
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Nearness or close approximation in quality, likeness, or character. -
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A passage or avenue by which anything is approached; any means of access or approximation. -
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plural In fortification, the works thrown up by besiegers to protect themselves in their advances toward a fortress. Compare boyau. -
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In golf, the play by which a player endeavors to get his ball on to the putting-green.
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ap-prōch′ to draw near: to draw nigh (of time or events): to come near in quality, condition, &c.: -
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to come near to: to resemble: attain to: to bring near in any sense -
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a drawing near to in military attack, in personal relations: access: a path or avenue: approximation: -
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ap-prōch′ (arch.) to come into personal relations with a person -
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(pl.) trenches, &c., by which besiegers strive to reach a fortress
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad, + propiare, to draw near, prope, near
Expect new oncology, diabetes, and cardiovascular drugs as well as a more streamlined approach to manufacturing. pharmexec.com
Two thieves approached the victim on Nov 5 at 1:15 am on East 12th Street near Avenue B, snatched. nypost.com
The 27-year-old victim told cops she was at Navy Street at 10:10 pm when the thief approached her, snatched her phone from her hand, and fled into the nearby housing projects. brooklynpaper.com
The 55-year-old victim said she was between Prospect Place and St Marks Avenue at around 7:30 pm when three men approached from behind, and one grabbed her purse. brooklynpaper.com
Moments before Clint Eastwood approached the podium at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, he asked a stagehand to get him a chair. nola.com
Public Health is in the process of evaluating the effectiveness of this approach with the hope that it might offer some protection. nbc15.com
Approaching jazz can seem intimidating for those who don't know hard bop from bebop (or maybe even "Blitzkrieg Bop"). rollingstone.com
Samuel Ramey stars in both halves of an engaging double bill, presenting two very different approaches to the mysteries of death. eta.org
He approached writer-director Tony Gilroy and pointed at the Hilton across the street. nymag.com
A big difference in atmospheric pressure between the departing low that produced yesterday's rain and the approaching high will yield very strong winds yet again today. todaystmj4.com
Lewisburg's Police Advisory Board won't act on issues predating its creation, according to a board vote last week when police approached the panel about sergeant stripes. marshalltribune.com
At Medcare in Breckenridge, a 'mind, body and soul approach'. summitdaily.com
This has been a decision Justice Boehm 's been mulling for some time, but a combination of factors such as his wife's approaching retirement and a desire to spend more time with family helped make up his mind. theindianalawyer.com
NEW YORK – There's good reason to approach Bring It On: The Musical (*** out of four) with skepticism. usatoday.com
Kawkab al-Balushi, a bold student newspaper editor, wants to challenge authority – but disagrees with the divergent approach of some of her more rebellious peers who just 'want a Blackberry,' she says. csmonitor.com
According to [Be], there are roughly two approachs: infinite and finite. I understand that those using stacks and loop groups are infinite approach, and working in the category of schemes of finite type is finite approach.
Factorization of generalized theta functions at reducible case
To distinguish them, I write Poss(U jV ) for the (cid:12)rst approach and Poss(U jjV ) for the second approach.
Conditional Plausibility Measures and Bayesian Networks
We conclude with an overview of the basic strategy introduced by us in Ref. 10 for the calculation of dynamical and transport properties—we will be using this approach over and over again in what follows, and while the details will differ from calculation to calculation, the basic approach will remain unchanged.
Dynamics and transport in random quantum systems governed by strong-randomness fixed points
Tm is approached from below, Ploc ∼ (Tm − T ) ˜β , with the critical exponent ˜β = 1 ; it is also easy to obtain that as the temperature approaches Tm , the correlation “length” in Ploc (n) between different indices n and n′ scales as |Tm − T |−˜γ , with the critical exponent ˜γ = 2 .
Force-Induced Melting and Thermal Melting of a Double-Stranded Biopolymer
Recently [12, 9] Wilson’ approach has been resuscited and the GinspargWilson condition is looking for a place in non commutative geometry. L¨uscher’ approach is perhaps closest to Dimakis or Ma jid ones, but Balachandran is already looking for a role for it near to the axiomatic of NCG manifolds.
It is the ambiguity. (But only three generations)
He approached her and took her hand. "A Son of Hagar" by
But it was remarkable, that the nearer one approached the hill, the higher it appeared, and more majestic. "Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers" by
If they do not approach each other that closely, the salute is exchanged at the point of nearest approach. "Manual of Military Training" by
Horror-stricken as I was at the approach of such a ghastly death, I felt a languor and sleepiness far from unpleasant. "An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet" by
The foolish nymphs, though they see his approach, are still far from understanding. "The Wagnerian Romances" by
This law being admitted, the reason of the increase in the planet's velocity when it approaches the sun is at once apparent. "The Story of the Heavens" by
The regent, in compliance with the invitation, approached the window, and saw a large fire blazing in the middle of the courtyard. "The Regent's Daughter" by
Approaching nearer, and more near, they again gathered around the pits, and saw that food was waiting for them at the bottom of both. "The Giraffe Hunters" by
I saw, as I approached him, that my chances were but indifferent. "The Quadroon" by
Those placers are not to be approached by white men, unless when in strong force. "Wood Rangers" by
More and more approaching nigh
Unto young eternity,
Uniting
Out of the hall downstairs,
The long-delayed approaching
Of this my final year.
Of Rugby and of "Socker;"
The football jersey goes
Back to its native locker.
That is not seen by day,
For as soon as the dawn approaches
It vanishes away.
War nears its end;
No warrior watches your release–
Only a friend.
The corner at which you turn
To approach that place where now
You must not hope to arrive.