Verb

to approach (third-person singular simple present approaches, present participle approaching, simple past and past participle approached)

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

   Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city? —2 Sam. xi. 20.

   But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. —Heb. x. 25.

2. (intransitive) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.

   as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

3. (transitive) 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.

   He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have approached Homer. -- Sir William Temple.

4. (transitive, military) To take approaches to.

Approach

Approach may refer to:

• Approach (cricket)
• Instrument approach
• Hit on