approach

approach is a 8-letter English word with 25 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 25 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
2. intransitive verb. To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
3. transitive verb. To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. transitive verb. To take approaches to.
6. intransitive verb. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
7. intransitive verb. A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
8. intransitive verb. Movements to gain favor; advances.
9. intransitive verb. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
10. intransitive verb. The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
11. intransitive verb. See Approaching.
12. noun. the act of drawing spatially closer to something

    "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

    Synonyms: approaching, coming

13. noun. a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

    "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green"

14. noun. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

    "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"

    "an attack on inflation"

    Synonyms: attack

15. noun. a way of entering or leaving

    "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge"

    Synonyms: access

16. noun. a close approximation

    "the nearest approach to genius"

17. noun. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

    "the approach of winter"

    Synonyms: approaching, coming

18. noun. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

    "she rejected his advances"

    Synonyms: advance, feeler, overture

19. noun. the event of one object coming closer to another

    Synonyms: approaching

20. noun. the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
21. verb. make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion

    "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

22. verb. come near in time

    "Winter is approaching"

    "approaching old age"

23. verb. move towards

    "We were approaching our destination"

    "They are drawing near"

    Synonyms: near

24. verb. begin to deal with

    "approach a task"

    "go about a difficult problem"

25. verb. come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

    "This borders on discrimination!"

    "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

Synonyms

approaching, coming, attack, access, advance, feeler, overture, near

Common word forms

approached, approacher, approaches, approaching, approachable, approachless, approachment

Words from these letters

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