Definitions For Approach

noun

  • The act of drawing spatially closer to something
  • A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
  • Ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
  • A way of entering or leaving
  • A close approximation
  • The temporal property of becoming nearer in time
  • A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
  • The event of one object coming closer to another
  • The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
  • A way of dealing with something : a way of doing or thinking about something
  • The act of moving or becoming near or nearer to someone or something : the act of approaching : an act or occurrence in which something comes nearer
  • The act of speaking to someone for some purpose (such as to ask a question or make a request)

verb

  • Make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
  • Come near in time
  • Move towards
  • Begin to deal with
  • Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
  • To move or become near or nearer to something or someone
  • To move or become near or nearer in time to something
  • To get close to (an amount or level)

Is Approach a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
19

The word Approach is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Approach in a Sentence

  • The cat approached the baby cautiously.
  • Ease off the gas pedal to slow down as the bend in the road approaches.
  • We are approaching the end of the fiscal year.
  • Trying a more healthy approach
  • The cat made a cautious approach.
  • The quiet afternoon was interrupted by the approach of a motorboat.

Synonyms for Approach

Antonyms for Approach

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