0 past simple and past participle of approach
1 to come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount:
He's very active for a man approaching 80 (= who is almost 80 years old).
The total amount raised so far is approaching (= almost) $1,000.
In my opinion, no other composers even begin to approach (= come near in quality to) Mozart.
If you look out of the window on the left, you'll see that we're now approaching the Eiffel Tower.
2 to deal with something:
3 to speak to, write to, or visit someone in order to do something such as make a request or business agreement:
Having completed the work, he set about trying to advertise it, but those he approached seemed reluctant to assist him.
The harmony syllabus comprised the theoretical understanding of chords, harmonization of a given bass line and soprano line approached in a broad range of styles.
Accompanied by seven elephants, the hunting party approached the tiger.
During the dry season the locusts could be approached nearer than during the rains, owing to their inactivity when the humidity is low.
After prospects have been identified and approached, the next phase of selling is that of presenting products to the prospects.
Authentic texts also displayed a tendency toward having a higher incidence of adjectives and subordinating conjunctions and prepositions, but these findings only approached significance.
Housing projects creating new - either public or collective - outdoor spaces need not be approached as solely defensive and exclusive enterprises.
The issue could be approached in at least two ways, not necessarily mutually exclusive.
