What is the meaning of approach?

noun

• Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: attack, plan of attack
• The act of drawing spatially closer to something.
  • usage: "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
  • synonyms: approaching, coming
• A way of entering or leaving.
  • usage: "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"
  • synonyms: access
• The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing.
  • synonyms: approach path, glide path, glide slope
• The event of one object coming closer to another.
  • synonyms: approaching
• A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.
  • usage: "she rejected his advances"
  • synonyms: overture, advance, feeler
• The temporal property of becoming nearer in time.
  • usage: "the approach of winter"
  • synonyms: approaching, coming
• A close approximation.
  • usage: "the nearest approach to genius"
• A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.
  • usage: "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"
  • synonyms: approach shot

verb

• Move towards.
  • usage: "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
  • synonyms: near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
• Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.
  • usage: "This borders on discrimination"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
  • synonyms: border on
• Begin to deal with.
  • usage: "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
  • synonyms: set about, go about
• Come near in time.
  • usage: "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
  • synonyms: come near
• Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.
  • usage: "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"