APPROACH Synonyms

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• of the relatively near future

• almost do or experience something

• move towards

• come near in time

• the right to enter

• the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

• a way of entering or leaving

• a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)

• (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

• the act of approaching or entering

• obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

• reach or gain access to

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ

• slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

• not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances

• near in time or place or relationship

• (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

• being on the left side

• closely resembling the genuine article

• giving or spending with reluctance

• with or in a close or intimate relationship

• very close in resemblance

• move towards

• orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

• a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green

• come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character

• move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position

• move towards

• pull towards oneself

• move towards

• the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

• the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing

• begin to deal with

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• move towards

• be erected, built, or constructed

• go upward with gradual or continuous progress

• burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

• travel up

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• begin to deal with

• enter upon an activity or enterprise

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action