Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
To play an approach shot.
To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
To associate intimately with; to be close to.
To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
To be adjacent to
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
A fellow human being.