To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
To play an approach shot.
To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
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.
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 put into metrical form.
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
The rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition.