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approach v

(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. (intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot. (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal. (transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place). (transitive, also figuratively) To come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to. (transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near. (transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem). (transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc. (transitive, archaic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone). (transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.

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