ap•proachəˈproʊtʃ(v.t.)

1. to come nearer to:

   The car approached the curb.

2. to come within range for comparison:

   As a poet he can't approach Keats.

3. to make contact with:

   approached the company with an offer.

4. to begin work on; set about:

   to approach a problem.

5. (v.i.)to come nearer:

   A storm approaches.

6. (n.)an act or instance of approaching.

7. close approximation; nearness:

   a fair approach to accuracy.

8. a means of access:

   the approaches to a city.

9. the method used or steps taken in setting about a task.

10. the course to be followed by an aircraft in making a landing.

    Category: Aeronautics

Origin of approach:

1275–1325; < AF, OF a(p)rocher < LL adpropiāre=ad-+propius nearer

ap•proach′less(adj.)