Approach

//əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "approach" (684 found)

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Closest matches (137)

access advance entrance overture drive accession accomplish accomplishment accordance accost achieve achievement act on address adit advances advent advise afflux agree

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Noun(6 words)

access advance approach path approach shot approaching attack

Verb(15 words)

bang bauf beat boff boink bone bonk bop border on bounce breed bump nasties bump uglies catch a dick cohabit

Strong matches (205)

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comparison compete concenter concentralization concentralize concentrate concentration conception concourse concurrence confer confines confluence conflux conformity confront congress consult contact contrivance converge convergence converging copy copying correspond correspond to correspondence corridor corrupt counsel counterfeit course court crack crop up crossing cultivate deal with design device disposition draw draw near draw nigh draw on effort encounter endeavor engage enterprise entranceway entreat entry entryway environs envisagement equal essay establish connection evoke execution exert influence expect experiment face fall in with fashion favor feeler fetch fetch up fetch up at figuring find fix fling focalization focus follow foreground foresee foresight foretell forethought form forthcome forthcoming funnel futurity gain gain upon gambit game gangplank gangway gather get get at get cozy with get in get in touch with get there get to get warm go graphing grease grease the palm greet grip ground plan guideline guidelines guise hail hall halloo hang over hit hit town

Verb(59 words)

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Noun(5 words)

coming drive feeler glide path glide slope

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Verb(48 words)

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hope hover hub idea identity imitate imitation immediacy immediate foreground immediate future imminence impend impendence impendency implore importune in ingress inlet intake

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intention interrogate intersect invitation invoke keep in touch landing layout lead lead on lick lie ahead lie over lift a finger likeness likening line line of action lines lineup lobby lobby through long-range plan look for look forward to look like loom lour lower magnetize maintain connection make make a pass make advances make an attempt make an effort make an overture make contact with make it make overtures make up to manner manner of working mapping master plan match materialize mean means means of access measure mechanism medium meet meeting memorialize menace metaphor method methodology mimic mimicking mirror mo mode mode of operation mode of procedure modus operandi move movement mutual approach narrow the gap narrowing gap near near future nearing nearly reproduce nearness negotiate neighborhood nigh nighness nip not tell apart offer offering oncoming opening operations research order organization overhang overtures parallel parallelism parity parley partake of pass passage passageway path pay addresses to pay court to pay off perspective picture pinch plan planning planning function play up to plead plot point of view policy pop up practice prearrangement precinct predict preliminary approach present itself presentation procedure proceeding process proffer program program of action project prophesy propinquity proposals propose to proposition propositions proximate proximity pull in pull strings punch in purchase purlieus push question radius raise rationalization reach reaching recipe relate relate to remind one of reply reply to resemblance resemble respond to ring in rival road roll in routine run after run together salute sameness savor of schedule schema schematism schematization scheme scheme of arrangement school seem seem like semblance set about setup shine up to shot show up sidle sidle up to sign in similarity simile similitude simulate simulation slant smack of solicit sound like sound out speak speak fair speak to spoke spokes spring up stab stack up stack up with step step up strategic plan strategy stroke strong bid style submission suborn suck up to suggest supplicate system systematization tack tackle tactical plan tactics take take after take aside take care of talk to tamper with tangent taper technique tentative tentative approach the big picture the drill the how the picture the way of threaten throw a pass tickle the palm time in tone touch touchdown trench trial trial and error try turn up twist undertake undertaking unite venture venture on venture upon verge vestibule vicinage vicinity view way way in whack wire-pull wise work on working plan

Noun(2 words)

overture plan of attack

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

28 entries

accost act address air lane airway approximate come come close come up come up to conceptualisation conceptualization flight path formulation golf shot golf stroke

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More specific

5 entries

instrument approach missed approach nonprecision approach precision approach visual approach

Synonyms

7 entries

access advance approach path border on entrance overture set about

dbpedia genre

1 entries

industrial rock

derived

32 entries

Trager approach approach anxiety approach play approach shoe approach wedge approach-forcing approachability approachable approachableness approacher approaching approachless approachment closest point of approach cold approach counterapproach

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entails

1 entries

advance

has context

6 entries

bowling fortification golf military tennis used only in plural

is a

7 entries

album conceptualization golf stroke motion movement similarity timing

manner of

2 entries

address come

related to

8 entries

aircraft approach shot go go towards lane run up stand towards

similar

6 entries

come near come on draw close draw near go up near

Translations

378 translations across 69 languages.

Akkadian

1 entries

𒋼 verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Albanian

2 entries

Qas noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
afrim verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

ἔφοδος noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
ἔφοδος noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
πίλναμαι verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
πελάζω verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Arabic

4 entries

اِقْتِرَاب noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
طَرِيقَة noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
كَيْفِيَّة noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
مُقَارَبَة noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Armenian

4 entries

մերձենալ verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
մոտենալ verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
մոտենալ verb ((figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal)
մոտենալ verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

Asturian

1 entries

aproximáse verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

yanaşma noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
yol noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
çəm noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

Belarusian

4 entries

до́ступ noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
набліжэ́нне noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
падыхо́д noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
прыбліжэ́нне noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Bikol Central

1 entries

dulok verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Breton

1 entries

tostaat verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вход noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
до́стъп noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
захо́д noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
подхо́д noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)

Catalan

4 entries

accés noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
apropament noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
apropament noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
apropament noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

نزیک کەوتن verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
نزیک کەوتن verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

接近 verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

接近 noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
方法 noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
通路 noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
通道 noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)

Czech

4 entries

přiblížení noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
přístup noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
přibližovat se verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
přiblížit se verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Danish

4 entries

anflyvning noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
fremgangsmåde noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
indflyvning noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
tilgang noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

Dutch

4 entries

aanpak noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
aantocht noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
aanvliegen noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
benadering noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Esperanto

4 entries

alproksimiĝo noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
proksimiĝo noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
sinteno noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
aliri verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Faroese

1 entries

innflúgving noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)

Finnish

4 entries

kulku noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
käynti noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
lähestyminen noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
lähestyminen noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)

French

4 entries

approche noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
approche noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
s'approcher verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
s'approcher de verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

Galician

2 entries

achegarse verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
arrechegarse verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

German

4 entries

Anflug noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
Annäherung noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
Annäherung noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
Ansatz noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

Gothic

2 entries

𐌰𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Greek

3 entries

προσέγγιση noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
προσέγγιση noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
προσεγγίζω verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Hebrew

4 entries

גִּישָׁה noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
גִּישָׁה noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
גִּישָׁה noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
ניגש verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Hindi

3 entries

आना noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
आगमन verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)
समीप आना verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Hungarian

4 entries

hozzáállás noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
megközelítés noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
szemlélet noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
közelebb megy verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Icelandic

4 entries

aðflug noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
aðgönguleið noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
nálgun noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
fara nær verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Irish

2 entries

ionsaí noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
ionsaigh verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Italian

4 entries

accesso noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
approccio noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
approccio noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
avvicinamento noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Japanese

4 entries

アプローチ noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
アプローチ noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
接近 noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
通路 noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)

Khmer

3 entries

វិធីសាស្ត្រ noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
ចូលជិត verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
ទៅជិត verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Korean

4 entries

접근 noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
접근 noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
다가가다 verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
다가가다 verb ((figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal)

Latin

4 entries

accessus noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
accessus noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
aditus noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
accēdō verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Macedonian

1 entries

приближување noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Malay

1 entries

pendekatan noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

Malayalam

1 entries

സമീപിക്കുക verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

ukariɓia verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

Ngazidja Comorian

3 entries

ukurubia verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)
utsengelea verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
utsengelea verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

Norwegian

3 entries

innkjøring noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
tilnærmelsesmåte noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
tilstundelse noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

innflyvning noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
tilnærmelse noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
tilnærming noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
abordere verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

innflyging noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
tilnærming noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Occitan

4 entries

acostar verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
aprochar verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
apropiar verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
s'acostairar verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Old English

1 entries

nēalǣċan verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یاقینلاشمق verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Persian

3 entries

نزدیک شدن verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
نزدیک شدن به verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)
نزدیک کردن verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Polish

4 entries

dojazd noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
dostęp noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
nadejście noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
podejście noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Portuguese

4 entries

abordagem noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
acesso noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
approach noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
aproximação noun (act of drawing near in place or time)

Quechua

4 entries

assuykuy verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
asuy verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
asuy verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
chimpay verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Romanian

2 entries

abordare noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
apropia verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Russian

4 entries

до́ступ noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
захо́д noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
захо́д на поса́дку noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
по́дступ noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)

Sanskrit

1 entries

आचरति verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

modh noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

približiti se verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
pristupiti verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Slovak

4 entries

približovanie noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
priblíženie noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
prístup noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
blížiť sa verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Slovene

3 entries

bližanje noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
približevanje noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
bližati se verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Spanish

4 entries

abordaje noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
acceso noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
acercamiento noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
acercamiento noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)

Swahili

1 entries

kukaribia verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)

Swedish

3 entries

inflygning noun (way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport)
närma verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
stunda verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Tamil

4 entries

அணுகுமுறை noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))
அணுகு verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
அணுகு verb (to attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem))
அண்ணு verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Tongan

2 entries

fotu verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
fotu verb ((figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal)

Turkish

4 entries

yaklaşmak verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
yaklaşmak verb ((figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal)
yaklaşmak verb (to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value)
yaklaşmak verb ((military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎖𐎗𐎁 verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Ukrainian

4 entries

до́ступ noun (opportunity of drawing near — see also access)
набли́ження noun (act of drawing near in place or time)
підхі́д noun (avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access)
підхі́д noun (manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.))

Vietnamese

3 entries

lại verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
lại gần verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
đến verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Welsh

1 entries

nesáu verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

Yiddish

2 entries

דערנענטערן verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)
דערנעענטערן verb (to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh)

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We suggested Kyoritsu Bussan approach you for assistance.

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I will show you a new approach to foreign language learning.

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We should approach this problem from different angles.

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The best approach to Lisbon is by sea.

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