Meaning

• The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.

• An access, or opportunity of drawing near.

• (in plural) Movements to gain favor; advances.

• A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.

• A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.

  "1991, Carol Lee Johnston, Jeanne Lazaris, Plane Trigonometry, A New Approach."

• (used only in the plural, fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.

• An approach shot.

• The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.

• The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.

Meaning

• To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

• To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.

  "as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman."

• To come near to in place, time, character or value; to draw nearer to.

  ""Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge."

• To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).

• To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.

• To take approaches to.

• To bring near; to cause to draw near.