Dictionary entry details
• APPROACH (noun)
Meaning:
Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
approach; plan of attack; attack
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
conceptualisation; conceptualization; formulation (inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "approach"):
avenue (a line of approach)
Meaning:
The act of drawing spatially closer to something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
coming; approach; approaching
Context example:
the hunter's approach scattered the geese
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "approach"):
access (the act of approaching or entering)
closing; closure (approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap)
landing approach (the approach to a landing field by an airplane)
run-up (the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed)
Meaning:
A way of entering or leaving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
approach; access
Context example:
he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "approach"):
entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))
Meaning:
The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
approach path; glide path; glide slope; approach
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
air lane; airway; flight path; skyway (a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another)
Holonyms ("approach" is a part of...):
approach pattern; pattern; traffic pattern (the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport)
Meaning:
The event of one object coming closer to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
approaching; approach
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Meaning:
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
feeler; overture; advance; approach
Context example:
she rejected his advances
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
proffer; proposition; suggestion (a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection)
Meaning:
The temporal property of becoming nearer in time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
approaching; coming; approach
Context example:
the approach of winter
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
timing (the time when something happens)
Meaning:
A close approximation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the nearest approach to genius
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
similarity (the quality of being similar)
Meaning:
A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
approach shot; approach
Context example:
he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green
Hypernyms ("approach" is a kind of...):
golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "approach"):
chip; chip shot (a low running approach shot)
pitch; pitch shot (a high approach shot in golf)
• APPROACH (verb)
Meaning:
Move towards
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
approach; near; draw near; draw close; come on; come near; go up
Context examples:
We were approaching our destination / They are drawing near / The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Hypernyms (to "approach" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
"Approach" entails doing...:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "approach"):
drive up (approach while driving)
bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)
edge in; edge up (push one's way into (a space))
close (draw near)
crowd; push (approach a certain age or speed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue approach
Meaning:
Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
border on; approach
Context examples:
This borders on discrimination! / His playing approaches that of Horowitz
Hypernyms (to "approach" is one way to...):
approximate; come close (be close or similar)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "approach"):
converge (approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Begin to deal with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
go about; set about; approach
Context examples:
approach a task / go about a difficult problem / approach a new project
Hypernyms (to "approach" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "approach"):
confront; face; face up (deal with (something unpleasant) head on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Come near in time
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
come near; approach
Context examples:
Winter is approaching / approaching old age
Hypernyms (to "approach" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "approach"):
get on (grow late or (of time) elapse)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters
Hypernyms (to "approach" is one way to...):
accost; address; come up to (speak to someone)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "approach"):
hit (pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They approach him to write the letter
