Definition of Approach

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Approach

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.

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.

To take approaches to.

The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

A access, or opportunity of drawing near.

Movements to gain favor; advances.

A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.

The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

See Approaching.

A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.

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Approach Quotations

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
Tony Robbins

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Mark Twain

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
Colin Powell

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
Epictetus

The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
Stephen Hawking

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
Blaise Pascal

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
Jack Nicholson

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Whoever loves above all the approach of love will never know the joy of attaining it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Approach Translations

approach in Afrikaans is naderkom
approach in Dutch is aanvliegen
approach in French is approchons, abordent, abordez, rapprochons
approach in Italian is avvicinarsi, accesso, avvicinare
approach in Latin is propinquo, aggredior
approach in Norwegian is adkomst

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