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Antonyms for approaches

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : uh-prohch
Phonetic Transcription : əˈproʊtʃ

Definition of approaches

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
Example sentences :
  • One approaches the whole of history from a different standpoint.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • By road and railway he approaches daily nearer to the scene.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • But you come to grapples in the defence of comfort when night approaches.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • The approaches of death, during the interval just named, had been slow but certain.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • Anything that approaches gibbering cannot be too strongly condemned.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various
  • She is the idyll of our shanty, and our regard for her approaches to idolatry.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • The ideal then approaches nearer to us, and we fondly cling to it.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The approaches to the Malakoff and the Redan were not attended with greater peril.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • The Euthydemus is, of all the Dialogues of Plato, that in which he approaches most nearly to the comic poet.
  • Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato
  • These chairs were still empty, and the mount and its approaches were kept clear.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for approaches

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