approaches

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 37.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Movements to gain favour; advances.
2. noun The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
3. noun plural of approach
4. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of approach

Similar words

draw near coming come on advance set about access near overture go up go about

Often followed by

to the are and that in for have of

Word family

approach approach shot approach shots approachable approached approaching