Found 4 items, similar to APPROACH.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: approach
pendekatan
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: approach
ancangan, cumbu-cumbuan, mendekati, menghampiri, pendekatan, perdekatan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: approach
approach
n 1: 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” [syn:
attack,
plan of attack
]
2: the act of drawing spatially closer to something;
“the
hunter's approach scattered the geese” [syn:
approaching,
coming]
3: a way of entering or leaving;
“he took a wrong turn on the
access to the bridge” [syn:
access]
4: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
[syn:
approach path,
glide path,
glide slope]
5: the event of one object coming closer to another [syn:
approaching]
6: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others;
“she rejected his advances” [syn:
overture,
advance,
feeler]
7: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time;
“the
approach of winter” [syn:
approaching,
coming]
8: a close approximation;
“the nearest approach to genius”
9: 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” [syn:
approach shot]
approach
v 1: move towards;
“We were approaching our destination”;
“They
are drawing near”;
“The enemy army came nearer and
nearer” [syn:
near,
come on,
go up,
draw near,
draw close
,
come near]
2: come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or
character;
“This borders on discrimination!”;
“His playing
approaches that of Horowitz” [syn:
border on]
3: begin to deal with;
“approach a task”;
“go about a difficult
problem”;
“approach a new project” [syn:
set about,
go about
]
4: come near in time;
“Winter is approaching”;
“approaching old
age” [syn:
come near]
5: make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or
suggestion;
“I was approached by the President to serve as
his adviser in foreign matters”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Approach
Approach
\Ap*proach"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Approached; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Approaching.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF.
approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw
near, prope near.]
1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to
advance nearer.
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Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? --2
Sam. xi. 20.
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But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as
ye see the day approaching. --Heb. x. 25.
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2. 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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Approach
\Ap*proach"\, v. t.
1. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
[Archaic] --Boyle.
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2. To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw
nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin;
he approached the age of manhood.
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He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have
approached Homer. --Temple.
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3. (Mil.) To take approaches to.
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Approach
\Ap*proach"\, n. [Cf. F. approche. See
Approach, v.
i.]
1. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
“The
approach of summer.” --Horsley.
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A nearer approach to the human type. --Owen.
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2. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
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The approach to kings and principal persons.
--Bacon.
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3. pl. Movements to gain favor; advances.
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4. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings
can be approached; an access. --Macaulay.
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5. pl. (Fort.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads
made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or
military post.
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6. (Hort.) See
Approaching.
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7. (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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8. (Aviation) that part of a flight during which an airplane
descends toward the landing strip.
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9. (Bowling) the steps taken by a bowler just before
delivering the ball toward the pins.
[PJC.]