Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 44157 6520855 2009-05-03T01:34:33Z Bequw 36224 /* English */ 'pedia linking authors ==English== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|approchen|lang=enm}}, {{term|aprochen|lang=enm}}, {{etyl|fro}} {{term|approcher|lang=fro}}, {{LL.}} {{term|appropriare|lang=la}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|ad|lang=la}} + {{term|propiare|lang=la||to draw near, prope near}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/əˈprəʊtʃ/}}, {{SAMPA|/@"pr@UtS/}} * {{audio|en-us-approach.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|əʊtʃ}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|approach|es}} # {{intransitive}} To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. #: ''Wherefore '''approached''' ye so nigh unto the city?'' —2 Sam. xi. 20. #: ''But exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day '''approaching'''.'' —Heb. x. 25. # {{intransitive}} To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate. #: ''as he '''approaches''' to the character of the ablest statesman.'' # {{transitive}} To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood. #: ''He was an admirable poet, and thought even to have '''approached''' Homer.'' -- [[w:Sir William Temple|Sir William Temple]]. # {{context|transitive|military}} To take approaches to. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|մոտենալ|tr=motenal|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|naderen}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}} * German: sich [[nähern]] (reflexive) * Italian: [[avvicinarsi]] (reflexive) * Japanese: [[近づく]] (chikazuku) * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[نزیک که‌وتن]]}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[zbliżać się]], [[podchodzić]], [[przybliżać się]] * Russian: [[походить]] (podχodít') {{impf}}, [[подойти]] (podojtí) {{pf.}} {{i|to walk up or sail up closer to}}; [[приближаться]] (pibližát's'a) {{impf}}, [[приблизиться]] (priblizít’s’a) {{pf.}} {{i|to get closer}} * Slovene: [[bližati se]] * Spanish: {{t+|es|acercarse}} * Swedish: {{t-|sv|stunda}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To draw near, in a figurative sense}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|մոտենալ|tr=motenal|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|benaderen}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}} * German: sich [[nähern]] (reflexive) {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[近づく]] (chikazuku) * Norwegian: {{t-|no|tilnærme seg}} * Polish: [[nadciągać]], [[nadchodzić]] * Russian: [[приближаться]] (pibližát's'a) {{impf}}, [[приблизиться]] (priblizít’s’a) {{pf.}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To come near to in place, time, or character}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|մոտենալ|tr=motenal|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|benaderen}}, {{t+|nl|naderen}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähestyä}} * German: sich [[nähern]] (reflexive) * Japanese: [[近づく]] (chikazuku) * Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[نزیک که‌وتن]]}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|nærme seg}} * Polish: [[zbliżać się]], [[nadciągać]], [[nadchodzić]] * Russian: [[походить]] (podχodít') {{impf}}, [[подойти]] (podojtí) {{f|p}} {{i|to walk up or sail up closer to}}; [[приближаться]] (pibližát's'a) {{impf}}, [[приблизиться]] (priblizít’s’a) {{pf.}} {{i|to get closer}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To take approaches to}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|benaderen}} {{trans-mid}} * German: [[sich nähern]] (reflexive) {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|es}} # The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. #: ''The '''approach''' of summer.'' — [[w:Samuel Horsley|Samuel Horsley]]. #: ''A nearer '''approach''' to the human type.'' — [[w:Richard Owen|Richard Owen]]. # An access, or opportunity of drawing near. #: ''The '''approach''' to kings and principal persons.'' — [[w:Francis Bacon|Francis Bacon]]. # {{context|used only with the plural '''approaches'''}} Movements to gain favor; advances. # A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. — [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]]. # A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made. #: ''an '''approach''' to gardening'' # {{context|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. # {{golf}} A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an [[iron]] club. # The way a [[plane]] lands at an airport. # {{bowling}} The area before the [[lane]], in which a player may [[stand]] or [[run up]] before bowling the ball. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|the act of drawing near}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|benadering|f}}, {{t|nl|aantocht|f}}, {{t-|nl|komst|f}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|lähestyminen}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|tilnærmelse|m}} (space or figuratively), {{t-|no|tilstundelse|m}} (time, archaic) {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[nadejście]] {{n}}, [[podejście]] {{n}}, [[zbliżenie]] {{n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|приближение|n|tr=približénije|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|enfoque|m}}, {{t-|es|planteamiento|m}}, {{t-|es|acercamiento|m}}, {{t-|es|aproximación|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|an access, or opportunity of drawing near}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|benadering|f}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|lähestyminen}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|доступ|m|tr=dóstup|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|movements to gain favor; advances}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|benadering|f}}, {{t-|nl|toenadering|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|заигрывание|n|tr=zaígryvanije|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|toegang|m}}, {{t+|nl|laan|f}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|innkjøring|c}} * Polish: [[dojazd]] {{m}}, [[podjazd]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|подступ|m|tr=pópstup|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|подход|m|tr=podχód|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|подъезд|m|tr=podjézd|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|přístup|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanpak|m}} * Finnish: [[lähestymistapa]] * Norwegian: {{t-|no|tilnærmelsesmåte|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[podejście]] {{n}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abordagem|f}} * Russian: [[подход]] (podχód) {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|the advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post}} * Dutch: {{t-|nl|benadering|f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in Horticulture}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|a stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green}} * Finnish: [[lähestymislyönti]] {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|Annäherung}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|the way a plane lands at an airport}} * Danish: {{t+|da|indflyvning|c}}, {{t-|da|anflyvning|c}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|aanvliegen|n}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|lähestyminen}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|innflyging|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans}} * {{ttbc|Catalan}}: [[aproximació]] {{f}}, [[apropament]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[aproximación]] {{f}}, [[acercamiento]] {{m}} ===References=== * {{R:1913}} [[ar:approach]] [[de:approach]] [[et:approach]] [[el:approach]] [[es:approach]] [[fr:approach]] [[gl:approach]] [[ko:approach]] [[io:approach]] [[it:approach]] [[la:approach]] [[lt:approach]] [[hu:approach]] [[ja:approach]] [[no:approach]] [[pl:approach]] [[pt:approach]] [[simple:approach]] [[fi:approach]] [[sv:approach]] [[ta:approach]] [[te:approach]] [[vi:approach]] [[tr:approach]] [[zh:approach]]