approach

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/]

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1. approach (noun) — sense 1

Definition: An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.

Example: Ah, what a ſigne it is of euill life,
Where death's approach is ſeene ſo terrible.

2. approach (noun) — sense 2

Definition: An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.

Example: The canine, judging from the figures published by M. [Édouard] Lartet, seems to be less developed than in the male chimpanzees, gorillas and orang. In which character the fossil, if it belonged to a male, makes a nearer approach to the human type; but it is one which many of the inferior monkeys also exhibit, and is by no means to be trusted as significant of true affinity, supposing even the sex of the fossil to be known as being male.

3. approach (noun) — sense 3

Definition: An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.

Example: Where are my lines then? my approaches? views?
Where are my window-ſongs?

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