Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
- S: (n) approach, attack, plan of attack (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"
- S: (n) approach, approaching, coming (the act of drawing spatially closer to something) "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
- S: (n) access, approach (a way of entering or leaving) "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
- S: (n) approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope (the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing)
- S: (n) approach, approaching (the event of one object coming closer to another)
- S: (n) overture, advance, approach, feeler (a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others) "she rejected his advances"
- S: (n) approach, approaching, coming (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time) "the approach of winter"
- S: (n) approach (a close approximation) "the nearest approach to genius"
- S: (n) approach, approach shot (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"
- S: (v) approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near (move towards) "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
- S: (v) border on, approach (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character) "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
- S: (v) set about, go about, approach (begin to deal with) "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
- S: (v) approach, come near (come near in time) "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
- S: (v) approach (make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion) "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"