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Synonyms for approach
əˈproʊtʃap·proach
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
approachverb
To accost is to speak first, to friend or stranger, generally with a view to opening conversation; greet is not so distinctly limited, since one may return another's greeting; greet and hail may imply but a passing word; greeting may be altogether silent; to hail is to greet in a loud-voiced and commonly hearty and joyous way, as appears in the expression "hail fellow, well met." To salute is to greet with special token of respect, as a soldier his commander. To apostrophize is to solemnly address some person or personified attribute apart from the audience to whom one is speaking; as, a preacher may apostrophize virtue, the saints of old, or even the Deity. To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support. Address is slightly more formal than accost or greet, though it may often be interchanged with them. One may address another at considerable length or in writing; he accosts orally and briefly.
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address, address, apostrophize, appeal, cost, court, greet, hail, salute, speak to, wooAntonyms:
avoid, cut, elude, ignore, overlook, pass, pass by, shunPreposition:
Address the memorial to the legislature; the president addressed the people in an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder with indignation.
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Princeton's WordNet
approach, attack, plan of attacknoun
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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attempt, flak, onrush, coming, feeler, tone-beginning, approaching, blast, approach shot, onset, glide path, onslaught, glide slope, approach path, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attack, flack, fireapproach, approaching, comingnoun
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
"the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
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climax, coming, feeler, approaching, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attackaccess, approachnoun
a way of entering or leaving
"he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
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coming, feeler, approaching, approach shot, advance, access code, glide path, glide slope, approach path, accession, entree, attack, overture, access, admission, memory access, plan of attack, admittanceapproach path, approach, glide path, glide slopenoun
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, approachingnoun
the event of one object coming closer to another
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotoverture, advance, approach, feelernoun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
"she rejected his advances"
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rise, forward motion, cash advance, prelude, feeler, glide path, approaching, barbel, progression, advancement, approach shot, glide slope, coming, preliminary, improvement, approach path, antenna, advance, attack, procession, betterment, overture, access, onward motion, progress, plan of attackapproach, approaching, comingnoun
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
"the approach of winter"
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climax, coming, feeler, approaching, advent, approach shot, glide path, glide slope, approach path, orgasm, sexual climax, advance, attack, overture, access, plan of attackapproachnoun
a close approximation
"the nearest approach to genius"
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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, approach shotverb
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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attack, advance, plan of attack, glide path, feeler, coming, access, glide slope, approaching, overture, approach path, approach shotapproach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come nearverb
move towards
"We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
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rise, set about, cuddle, climb up, come along, draw close, get along, uprise, border on, progress, come on, go up, advance, surface, lift, snuggle, arise, burn down, come up, burn up, draw near, ascend, go on, climb, get on, move up, nest, shape up, show up, turn up, go about, nuzzle, come near, mount, nestle, come out, nearborder on, approachverb
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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border on, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw closeset about, go about, approachverb
begin to deal with
"approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
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attempt, get down, come on, start out, commence, undertake, border on, go up, go about, draw near, come near, get, set about, begin, set out, near, start, draw closeapproach, come nearverb
come near in time
"Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
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border on, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw closeapproachverb
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
"I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"
Synonyms:
border on, come near, go about, set about, draw near, come on, near, go up, draw close
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make overtures
Dictionary of English Synonymes
approachverb
Synonyms:
approximate, draw near, draw nigh, come near, be at handapproachverb
Synonyms:
resemble, come near to, be likeapproachnoun
Synonyms:
advance, approximation, advent, coming, drawing nearapproachnoun
Synonyms:
access, admittance, admission
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "approach":
method, approaches, attitude, criterion, strategy, methodology, focus, approche, way, perspective, approaching, 'approche, methods, rapprochement, manner, practice, access, démarche, stance, concept, position, approximation, view, solution, vision, practices, formula, approa-, ways, gait
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How to use approach in a sentence?
The Trump phenomenon has just brought to the surface the quite hysterical approach people have to opposing views, social media has played a role, because it lets politicos on both sides of the pond share ideas, and that has been somewhat of a catalyst.
With China, I just threw my laptop over my shoulder and went there for a fortnight, my approach is to make contact with possible dealers, meet them and look at their business plans... I have to ask whether the customer will be sufficiently looked after.
As we approach the year mark, it is very much past time that this be addressed and clarified.
It's exciting when technology companies come on board, their approach to a biological challenge is to engineer a solution.
What the Air Force is looking at is a task force to look across missions -- not just have a few experts in the room because, frankly, sometimes the threat is somebody using the wrong security card or letting the wrong person in a room … it’s not just hacking, not just the firewalls, so that’s the holistic view approach in the DoD [Department of Defense].
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