[əˈprəʊtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time
(e.g: the train approached the main line)

- speak to (someone) for the first time about a proposal or request
(e.g: the department had been approached about funding)

- start to deal with (a situation or problem) in a certain way
(e.g: one must approach the matter with caution)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aprochier, aprocher, from ecclesiastical Latin appropiare ‘draw near’, from ad- ‘to’ + propius (comparative of prope ‘near’)

[əˈprəʊtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a way of dealing with a situation or problem
(e.g: we need a whole new approach to the job)

- an initial proposal or request made to someone
(e.g: the landowner made an approach to the developer)

- the action of coming near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time
(e.g: the approach of winter)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aprochier, aprocher, from ecclesiastical Latin appropiare ‘draw near’, from ad- ‘to’ + propius (comparative of prope ‘near’)