Nouns

(n)approach, attack, plan of attackideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation“his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons”, “an attack on inflation”, “his plan of attack was misguided”
(n)approach, approaching, comingthe act of drawing spatially closer to something“the hunter's approach scattered the geese”
(n)access, approacha way of entering or leaving“he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge”
(n)approach path, approach, glide path, glide slopethe final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
(n)approach, approachingthe event of one object coming closer to another
(n)overture, advance, approach, feelera tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others“she rejected his advances”
(n)approach, approaching, comingthe temporal property of becoming nearer in time“the approach of winter”
(n)approacha close approximation“the nearest approach to genius”
(n)approach, approach shota relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green“he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green”

Verbs

(v)approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come nearmove towards“We were approaching our destination”, “They are drawing near”, “The enemy army came nearer and nearer”
(v)border on, approachcome near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character“This borders on discrimination!”, “His playing approaches that of Horowitz”
(v)set about, go about, approachbegin to deal with“approach a task”, “go about a difficult problem”, “approach a new project”
(v)approach, come nearcome near in time“Winter is approaching”, “approaching old age”
(v)approachmake advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion“I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters”