approach

approach: ə'prəu 1. verb
(to come near (to): The car approached (the traffic lights) at top speed; Christmas is approaching.) nærme seg
2. noun
1) (the act of coming near: The boys ran off at the approach of a policeman.) ankomst, det å nærme seg

2) (a road, path etc leading to a place: All the approaches to the village were blocked by fallen rock.) atkomst, innfartsvei

3) (an attempt to obtain or attract a person's help, interest etc: They have made an approach to the government for help; That fellow makes approaches to (= he tries to become friendly with) every woman he meets.) tilnærmelse, henvendelse

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- approachable
- approaching

tilnærming

I
subst. \/əˈprəʊtʃ\/

1) det å nærme seg, det å komme nærmere, ankomst

• by the approach of Christmas

når julen nærmer seg

• the enemy retreated at our approach

fienden trakk seg tilbake da vi rykket nærmere

• this is the nearest approach to the truth

dette er nærmest sannheten

2) innstilling, betraktning(småte), angrepsmåte, tilnærmingsmåte

• his whole approach to life

hele livsinnstillingen hans

3) henvendelse, tilnærming

4) (eller approach road) innfartsvei, innkjørsel, atkomst

5) (golf) innspill

6) (luftfart) innflyging

7) (sjøfart) innseiling, innløp

approach to angrepsmåte, tilnærmingsmåte det å være i nærheten av

approaches (gammeldags) tilnærmelser

make an approach to gjøre en henvendelse til

make approaches to somebody gjøre tilnærmelser til noen
II
verb \/əˈprəʊtʃ\/

1) nærme seg, komme (nærmere)

• they approached the shore

• he is rather difficult to approach

det er vanskelig å komme innpå ham

2) (overført) komme opp mot, måle seg med

• few writers can approach Tolstoy

det er ikke mange forfattere som kommer opp mot Tolstoj

3) spørre om, forespørre

4) ta kontakt med, henvende seg til

5) gi seg i kast med, gripe an, ta opp

• approach a problem

ta opp et problem

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Approach — Ap*proach , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Approached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approaching}.] [OE. approchen, aprochen, OF. approcher, LL. appropriare, fr. L. ad + propiare to draw near, prope near.] 1. To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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