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Antonyms for approach
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : uh-prohch |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈproʊtʃ |
Definition of approach
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French approcher, Old French aprochier "approach, come closer" (12c., Modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiare "go nearer to," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + Late Latin propiare "come nearer," comparative of Latin prope "near" (see propinquity). Replaced Old English neahlæcan.
- noun way, means of arriving
- noun request, suggestion
- noun plan of attack, resolution
- verb come nearer
- verb make request, suggestion
- verb begin
- There was no danger of discovery on his approach, for it was a wild night of wind and rain.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- They are "safe, because they are too filthy to handle, and too noisome even to approach."
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- But she could not help smiling, so evident was it that he simply wished to approach her.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He was prevented from replying by the approach of Simba at the head of eight of the askaris.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- For days and days they flanked the safari before venturing to approach.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- But they are all arrant cowards, and fear to approach me—fear even to come into this wood.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- The first man to approach the wicket was the Director of the Circus.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- From this point till we approach Cette the region defies definition.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- She had not noted my presence or approach, and only looked up when I stood before her.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- How should I approach the subject--the one thing of which I knew we were both thinking?
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
Synonyms for approach
- access
- accession
- accost
- address
- advance
- advent
- advise
- appeal
- appeal to
- application
- apply to
- approximate
- attitude
- avenue
- be comparable to
- be like
- bear
- belly up to
- beseech
- border
- buzz
- catch up
- close in
- come
- come at
- come close
- coming
- commence
- compare with
- concept
- confer
- consult
- contact
- converge
- correspond to
- course
- crack
- creep up
- draw near
- drawing near
- embark
- entrance
- entreat
- equal
- feel
- feel one out
- fling
- gain on
- gate
- give a play
- give a tumble
- go
- go toward
- greet
- idea
- impend
- implore
- landing
- lick
- loom up
- make advance
- make overture
- make up to
- manner
- match
- means
- meet
- method
- mode
- modus operandi
- move in on
- move toward
- near
- nearing
- new wrinkle
- offer
- overture
- passage
- path
- plead
- procedure
- program
- progress
- proposal
- propose
- proposition
- reach
- reaching
- resemble
- road
- set about
- shot
- sound out
- speak to
- stab
- start
- style
- supplicate
- surround
- take after
- take aside
- talk to
- technique
- threaten
- thumb
- tumble
- undertake
- verge upon
- way
- whack
- wrinkle
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