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"expansion": "Middle English aprochen",
"name": "inh"
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"3": "aprochier"
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"expansion": "Old French aprochier",
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"2": "approcher"
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"expansion": "French approcher",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "LL.",
"3": "appropio",
"4": "appropiāre"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English aprochen, borrowed from Old French aprochier (modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (a variant of *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-kʷe (“suffix forming distributives from interrogatives”)).",
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"pos": "verb",
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"ref": "1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7",
"text": "The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.",
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"To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh."
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"come",
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"go",
"go#Verb"
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"time",
"time#Noun"
],
[
"advance",
"advance#Verb"
],
[
"draw",
"draw#Verb"
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[
"nigh",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh."
],
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"intransitive"
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{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "akk",
"lang": "Akkadian",
"roman": "ṭehû, TE",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𒋼"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iqtaraba",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "اِقْتَرَبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "motenal",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "մոտենալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "merjenal",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "մերձենալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximáse"
},
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"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padyxódzicʹ",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "падыхо́дзіць"
},
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"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padyscí",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падысці́"
},
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"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nabližácca",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набліжа́цца"
},
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"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nablízicca",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наблі́зіцца"
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"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "dulok"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "tostaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približávam se",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približá se",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ се"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhóždam",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подхо́ждам"
},
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"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhódja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подхо́дя"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximar-se"
},
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"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "acostar-se"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "apropar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zip³ gan⁶",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "接近"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "來臨"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láilín",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "来临"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiējìn",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "接近"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǒujìn",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "走近"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "āijìn",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "挨近"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přibližovat se"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přiblížit se"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "tilnærme"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nærme"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "naderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aliri"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "proksimiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "alproksimiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "s’approcher"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "achegarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "arrechegarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "sich nähern"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "athaban",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𐌰𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "nēƕjan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosengízo",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "προσεγγίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "proskhōréō",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "προσχωρέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "engízō",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ἐγγίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prosérkhomai",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "προσέρχομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "épeimi",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ἔπειμι"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pelázō",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "πελάζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pílnamai",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"Epic"
],
"word": "πίλναμαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nigásh",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ניגש"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "odamegy"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "odajön"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "közelebb megy"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "közeledik"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nálgast"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "færast nær"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "færa sig nær"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "fara nær"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "koma nær"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ionsaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "avvicinarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "appropinquarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"alt": "ちかづく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikazuku",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "近づく"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"alt": "せっきんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekkin suru",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "接近する"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"alt": "ちかよる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikayoru",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "近寄る"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɨv cɨt",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ទៅជិត"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cool cɨt",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ចូលជិត"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dagagada",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "다가가다"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeopgeunhada",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "접근하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nzîk kewtin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "نزیک کەوتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "adeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "subeo"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "adbito"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "accēdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "samīpikkuka",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "സമീപിക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "utsengelea"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "abordere"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "apropiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aprochar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "se sarrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "s'acostairar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "acostar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nēalǣċan"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nazdik šodan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "نزدیک شدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nazdik kardan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "نزدیک کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podchodzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podejść"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zblizać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zblizyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nadciągać"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nadciągnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "assuykuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "chimpay"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "asuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "apropia"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxodítʹ",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to walk up or sail up closer to",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podojtí",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подойти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približátʹsja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to get closer",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priblizítʹsja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приблизи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ācarati",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "आचरति"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "približiti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pristupiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "približovať sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "priblížiť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "blížiť sa"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bližati se"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "acercarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "avecinarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "stunda"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "närma"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "fotu"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "yaklaşmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "qrb",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𐎖𐎗𐎁"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidxódyty",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підхо́дити"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidijtý",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підійти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablyžátysja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наближа́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablýzytysja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "набли́зитися"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "lại"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "lại gần"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "đến"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 1 12 1 14 7 0 1 0 1",
"code": "cy",
"english": "at",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nesáu"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "motenal",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "մոտենալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približávam se",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približá se",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ се"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhóždam",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подхо́ждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhódja",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подхо́дя"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "benaderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "naderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "proksimigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "alproksimigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "s’approcher de"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich nähern"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich annähern"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "megközelít"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "nálgast"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "færast nær"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "færa sig nær"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "accostarsi a"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "avvicinarsi a"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikazuku",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "近づく"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nzîk kewtin",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "نزیک کەوتن"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "ukariɓia"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "utsengelea"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "ukurubia"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "nærme seg"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "نزدیک شدن به"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podchodzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podejść"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zblizać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zblizyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nadciągać"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nadciągnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "aproximar-se de"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "q'imikuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxodítʹ",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to walk up or sail up closer to",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podojtí",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подойти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približátʹsja",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to get closer",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priblizítʹsja",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приблизи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "acercarse a"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "aproximarse a"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "kukaribia"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 2 13 2 27 7 0 1 0 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "yaklaşmak"
}
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Golf",
"orig": "en:Golf",
"parents": [
"Ball games",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Tennis",
"orig": "en:Tennis",
"parents": [
"Ball games",
"Racquet sports",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To play an approach shot."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-3uqa0pOD",
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[
"golf",
"golf"
],
[
"tennis",
"tennis"
],
[
"play",
"play#Verb"
],
[
"approach shot",
"approach shot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports",
"tennis"
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1824 January, Tristram Merton [pseudonym; Thomas Babington Macaulay], “Criticisms on the Principal Italian Writers. No. I. Dante.”, in [Charles Knight], editor, Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, volume II, number I, London: […] [William Clowes] for Charles Knight, […], →OCLC, page 215",
"text": "The great source, as it appears to me, of the power of the Divine Comedy [by Dante Alighieri], is the strong belief with which the story seems to be told. In this respect, the only books which approach to its excellence are Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1839, Samuel Laing, chapter IX, in A Tour in Sweden in 1838; Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 371",
"text": "Without these incentives to industry the Norwegian would be like the Laplander, without industry and civilisation; and the nearer he approaches to the beau idéal of those political economists—to the state of being without a taste for these foreign and expensive luxuries—the nearer he approaches to the condition of the Laplander in the comforts and enjoyments of life.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal."
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"transitive",
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[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"advances",
"advance#Noun"
],
[
"approximate",
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],
[
"equal",
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],
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"(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal."
],
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"figuratively",
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
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"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "motenal",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "մոտենալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nabližácca",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набліжа́цца"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nablízicca",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наблі́зіцца"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dobližávam se",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "доближа́вам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "benaderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "proksimiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "alproksimiĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich nähern"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "közeledik"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "abbordare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "approcciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"alt": "ちかづく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikazuku",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "近づく"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dagagada",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "다가가다"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "subeo"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "tilnærme seg"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "aproximar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približátʹsja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priblizítʹsja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приблизи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "aproximarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "avecinarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "fotu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "yaklaşmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablyžátysja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наближа́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 1 53 1 4 21 2 2 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablýzytysja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "набли́зитися"
}
]
},
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{
"text": "As we drove along the driveway, the trees approaching the house seemed more eerie.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place)."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-VpllafUC",
"links": [
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"immovable",
"immovable#Adjective"
],
[
"object",
"object#Noun"
],
[
"number",
"number#Noun"
],
[
"positioned",
"position#Verb"
],
[
"notionally",
"notionally"
],
[
"appear",
"appear"
],
[
"moving",
"move#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "“Would counsel please approach the bench?” asked the judge.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He approached the age of manhood.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1904, William Anthony Granville, “Theory of Limits”, in Percey F[ranklyn] Smith, editor, Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Ginn & Company, →OCLC, paragraph 29 (Limit of a Variable), page 19",
"text": "If a variable v takes on successively a series of values that approach nearer and nearer to a constant value l in such a manner that #x7C;v-l#x7C; [Footnote: To be read the numerical value of the difference between v and l] becomes and remains less than any assigned arbitrarily small positive quantity, then v is said to approach the limit l, or to converge to the limit l. Symbolically this is written #x5C;operatorname#x7B;limit#x7D;v#x3D;l.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-GorAigmK",
"links": [
[
"character",
"character"
],
[
"value",
"value#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to."
],
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"also",
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-BzXjDBzH",
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"cause",
"cause#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem)."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-egQjkGkx",
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt#Verb"
],
[
"make",
"make#verb"
],
[
"policy",
"policy"
],
[
"solve",
"solve#Verb"
],
[
"problem",
"problem#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1987, Dinesh Vaghela, “Publisher’s Note”, in Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, edited by Terry Newland, Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G., Vallabhvidyanagar, Gujarat: Crest Associates, →OCLC, page 7",
"text": "\"Why bother publishing my conversations. It has not helped you, and it is not going to help anybody else\", said U. G. when I approached him with the idea of publishing excerpts from his conversations with the constant stream of people who go to visit him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-ta2DQIDh",
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[
"bring up",
"bring up"
],
[
"propose",
"propose"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
],
[
"question",
"question#Noun"
],
[
"request",
"request#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English euphemisms",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have sexual intercourse with (someone)."
],
"id": "en-approach-en-verb-U7r~ue8X",
"links": [
[
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual intercourse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "copulate"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"euphemistic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Military",
"orig": "en:Military",
"parents": [
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works."
],
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[
"military",
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],
[
"take",
"take#Verb"
],
[
"approaches",
"approaches#Noun"
],
[
"using",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"covered",
"covered#Adjective"
],
[
"roads",
"road#Noun"
],
[
"trenches",
"trench#Noun"
],
[
"works",
"work#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
],
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"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎ́štam se",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обръ́щам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"alt": "с",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "контакту́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"word": "benaderen"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"word": "ektrakti"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich nähern"
},
{
"_dis1": "17 2 3 9 17 3 1 2 1 46",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"word": "yaklaşmak"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊtʃ"
},
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{
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{
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},
{
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"word": "approach shoe"
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{
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"word": "closest point of approach"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
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"word": "missed approach"
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{
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"word": "non-precision approach"
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{
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"word": "purposive approach"
},
{
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"word": "seagull approach"
},
{
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},
{
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"word": "slam dunk approach"
},
{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
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"word": "best approach"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "holistic approach"
},
{
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"word": "systematic approach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scientific approach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rational approach"
}
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"feminine"
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"code": "uk",
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"ref": "1859 May 10, Richard Owen, “Appendix B. On the Orang, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla, with Reference to the ‘Transmutation of Species.’”, in On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, […], London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 85",
"text": "The canine, judging from the figures published by M. [Édouard] Lartet, seems to be less developed than in the male chimpanzees, gorillas and orang. In which character the fossil, if it belonged to a male, makes a nearer approach to the human type; but it is one which many of the inferior monkeys also exhibit, and is by no means to be trusted as significant of true affinity, supposing even the sex of the fossil to be known as being male.",
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"ref": "1900, A[lfred] T[hayer] Mahan, “The Opening Campaign in Natal to the Investment of Ladysmith (October 11–November 2)”, in The War in South Africa: A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities to the Fall of Pretoria, New York, N.Y.: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, →OCLC, page 31, column 2",
"text": "It was, therefore, natural to expect that the main attack would come from the north along the railroad, and from the east, where the approach from the Transvaal boundary, which is there marked by the Buffalo River, is over a country much more practicable than the western mountain range.",
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"ref": "1980 May 2, “In the Matter of Amendment of Section 64.702 of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations (Second Computer Inquiry): Final Decision”, in Federal Communications Commission Reports: Decisions and Reports of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States (Docket no. 20828; FCC 80-189), volume 76 (2nd Series), Washington, D.C., published 1982, →OCLC, section IV (Comments), paragraph 41, page 402",
"text": "Our proposed definitional approach to the data processing-communications dilemma evoked considerable discussion. There is uniform disagreement and confusion as to the regulatory implications of the proposed definitional terms.",
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"ref": "1980 June 27, J[ames] Skelly Wright, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, “Lead Industries Association, Inc., Petitioner, v. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent (No. 78-2201)”, in Federal Reporter […] (2nd Series), volume 647, numbers 1–3, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., published 1981, →OCLC, page 1136",
"text": "Its [the United States Environmental Protection Agency's] initial approach to controlling the amount of lead in the ambient air was to limit lead emissions from automobiles by restricting the amount of lead in gasoline.",
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"ref": "1989, Congressional Research Service, “Article I: Legislative Power: Separation of Powers Limitations”, in Johnny H. Killian, George A. Costello, editors, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation: 1988 Supplement: […] (100th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Document; no. 100-43; United States Congressional Serial Set; no. 13854), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 4",
"text": "The functional approach [to separation of powers issues] emphasizes the core functions of each branch and asks whether the challenged action threatens the essential attributes of the legislative, executive, or judicial function or functions. Under this approach, there is considerable flexibility in the moving branch, usually Congress acting to make structural or institutional change, if there is little significant risk of impairment of a core function or in the case of such a risk if there is a compelling reason for the action.",
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"word": "方法"
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],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Ansatz"
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"feminine"
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"neuter"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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]
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"An opportunity of drawing near; access."
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[
"access",
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"masculine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 9 9 2 36 6 6 2 6",
"code": "fi",
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"word": "lähestyminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 9 9 2 36 6 6 2 6",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Annäherung"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 9 9 2 36 6 6 2 6",
"code": "he",
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"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּישָׁה"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 9 9 2 36 6 6 2 6",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accessus"
},
{
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"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "до́ступ"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 9 9 2 36 6 6 2 6",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acercamiento"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 8 9 9 2 36 6 6 2 6",
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"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "до́ступ"
}
]
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"Sciences",
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"ref": "2001, “Aerodynamic Factors”, in Instrument Flying Handbook 2001 (FAA-H-8083-15), Washington, D.C.: Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, page 2-6, column 2",
"text": "Most small airplanes maintain a speed well in excess of 1.3 times V_(SO) on an instrument approach. An airplane with a stall speed of 50 knots (V_(SO)) has a normal approach speed of 65 knots.",
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[
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"aircraft"
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"come#Verb"
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[
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[
"airport",
"airport"
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],
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],
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"also",
"attributive"
],
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"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
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},
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"Fundamental"
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"text": "We flew the RNAV/GPS A approach to runway 16.",
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"A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport."
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"aviation",
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[
"aircraft",
"aircraft"
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"comes",
"come#Verb"
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[
"land",
"land#Verb"
],
[
"airport",
"airport"
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[
"procedure",
"procedure"
],
[
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],
[
"land",
"land"
]
],
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"also",
"attributive"
],
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"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
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"Human activity",
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[
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[
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"lane"
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[
"bowler",
"bowler"
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[
"stand",
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[
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[
"bowling",
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[
"ball",
"ball#Noun"
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],
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],
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
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}
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{
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"langcode": "en",
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"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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},
{
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"Racquet sports",
"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"Entry maintenance"
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[
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"tennis"
],
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],
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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]
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{
"rhymes": "-əʊtʃ"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vhod",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōngdào",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "通道"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
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"roman": "tōnglù",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "通路"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "käynti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "kulku"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "reitti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éphodos",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἔφοδος"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gishá",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּישָׁה"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "is",
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"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aðgönguleið"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accesso"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"alt": "つうろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsūro",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "通路"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aditus"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "innkjøring"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "pl",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "dojazd"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
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],
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"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
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"roman": "podʺjézd",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "подъе́зд"
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"_dis1": "2 2 34 35 1 8 5 5 2 5",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
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"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
"word": "підхі́д"
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"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
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"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "進近"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìnjìn",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "进近"
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"common-gender"
],
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"common-gender"
],
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "aanvliegen"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "innflúgving"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "lähestyminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anflug"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aðflug"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "avvicinamento"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
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},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxód na posádku",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "захо́д на поса́дку"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"masculine"
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},
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
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"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aproximación"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 4 1 1 42 42 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "inflygning"
}
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{
"word": "approachable"
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{
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{
"word": "approacher"
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{
"word": "unapproachability"
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{
"word": "unapproachable"
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{
"ref": "1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7",
"text": "The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.",
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}
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],
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"come",
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],
[
"go",
"go#Verb"
],
[
"near",
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[
"place",
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[
"time",
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],
[
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],
[
"draw",
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],
[
"nigh",
"nigh#Adverb"
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],
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"(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Golf",
"en:Tennis"
],
"glosses": [
"To play an approach shot."
],
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"golf",
"golf"
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[
"tennis",
"tennis"
],
[
"play",
"play#Verb"
],
[
"approach shot",
"approach shot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
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"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports",
"tennis"
]
},
{
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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"text": "He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1824 January, Tristram Merton [pseudonym; Thomas Babington Macaulay], “Criticisms on the Principal Italian Writers. No. I. Dante.”, in [Charles Knight], editor, Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, volume II, number I, London: […] [William Clowes] for Charles Knight, […], →OCLC, page 215",
"text": "The great source, as it appears to me, of the power of the Divine Comedy [by Dante Alighieri], is the strong belief with which the story seems to be told. In this respect, the only books which approach to its excellence are Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1839, Samuel Laing, chapter IX, in A Tour in Sweden in 1838; Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation, London: […] [Andrew Spottiswoode] for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 371",
"text": "Without these incentives to industry the Norwegian would be like the Laplander, without industry and civilisation; and the nearer he approaches to the beau idéal of those political economists—to the state of being without a taste for these foreign and expensive luxuries—the nearer he approaches to the condition of the Laplander in the comforts and enjoyments of life.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"transitive"
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[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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[
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"to"
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[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"advances",
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[
"approximate",
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],
[
"equal",
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"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
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"text": "As we drove along the driveway, the trees approaching the house seemed more eerie.",
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],
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],
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"object",
"object#Noun"
],
[
"number",
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],
[
"positioned",
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"notionally",
"notionally"
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[
"appear",
"appear"
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"moving",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place)."
],
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"intransitive",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
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],
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"text": "“Would counsel please approach the bench?” asked the judge.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He approached the age of manhood.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1904, William Anthony Granville, “Theory of Limits”, in Percey F[ranklyn] Smith, editor, Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Ginn & Company, →OCLC, paragraph 29 (Limit of a Variable), page 19",
"text": "If a variable v takes on successively a series of values that approach nearer and nearer to a constant value l in such a manner that #x7C;v-l#x7C; [Footnote: To be read the numerical value of the difference between v and l] becomes and remains less than any assigned arbitrarily small positive quantity, then v is said to approach the limit l, or to converge to the limit l. Symbolically this is written #x5C;operatorname#x7B;limit#x7D;v#x3D;l.",
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],
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"To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to."
],
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[
"character",
"character"
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[
"value",
"value#Noun"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to."
],
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"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near."
],
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[
"cause",
"cause#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem)."
],
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[
"attempt",
"attempt#Verb"
],
[
"make",
"make#verb"
],
[
"policy",
"policy"
],
[
"solve",
"solve#Verb"
],
[
"problem",
"problem#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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],
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{
"ref": "1987, Dinesh Vaghela, “Publisher’s Note”, in Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, edited by Terry Newland, Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G., Vallabhvidyanagar, Gujarat: Crest Associates, →OCLC, page 7",
"text": "\"Why bother publishing my conversations. It has not helped you, and it is not going to help anybody else\", said U. G. when I approached him with the idea of publishing excerpts from his conversations with the constant stream of people who go to visit him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc."
],
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[
"bring up",
"bring up"
],
[
"propose",
"propose"
],
[
"idea",
"idea"
],
[
"question",
"question#Noun"
],
[
"request",
"request#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To have sexual intercourse with (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual intercourse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "copulate"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"euphemistic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"en:Military"
],
"glosses": [
"To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"take",
"take#Verb"
],
[
"approaches",
"approaches#Noun"
],
[
"using",
"use#Verb"
],
[
"covered",
"covered#Adjective"
],
[
"roads",
"road#Noun"
],
[
"trenches",
"trench#Noun"
],
[
"works",
"work#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"rhymes": "-əʊtʃ"
},
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{
"code": "akk",
"lang": "Akkadian",
"roman": "ṭehû, TE",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𒋼"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iqtaraba",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "اِقْتَرَبَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "motenal",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "մոտենալ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "merjenal",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "մերձենալ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximáse"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padyxódzicʹ",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "падыхо́дзіць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padyscí",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "падысці́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nabližácca",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набліжа́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nablízicca",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наблі́зіцца"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "dulok"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "tostaat"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približávam se",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́вам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približá se",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhóždam",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подхо́ждам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhódja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подхо́дя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximar-se"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "acostar-se"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "apropar-se"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "zip³ gan⁶",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "接近"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "來臨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láilín",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "来临"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiējìn",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "接近"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zǒujìn",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "走近"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "āijìn",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "挨近"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "přibližovat se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přiblížit se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "tilnærme"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nærme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "naderen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aliri"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "proksimiĝi"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "alproksimiĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "s’approcher"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "achegarse"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "arrechegarse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "sich nähern"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "athaban",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𐌰𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "nēƕjan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosengízo",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "προσεγγίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "proskhōréō",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "προσχωρέω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "engízō",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ἐγγίζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "prosérkhomai",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "προσέρχομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "épeimi",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ἔπειμι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pelázō",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "πελάζω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pílnamai",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"Epic"
],
"word": "πίλναμαι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nigásh",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ניגש"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "odamegy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "odajön"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "közelebb megy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "közeledik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nálgast"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "færast nær"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "færa sig nær"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "fara nær"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "koma nær"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ionsaigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "avvicinarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "appropinquarsi"
},
{
"alt": "ちかづく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikazuku",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "近づく"
},
{
"alt": "せっきんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekkin suru",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "接近する"
},
{
"alt": "ちかよる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikayoru",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "近寄る"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "tɨv cɨt",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ទៅជិត"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cool cɨt",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "ចូលជិត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dagagada",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "다가가다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeopgeunhada",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "접근하다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nzîk kewtin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "نزیک کەوتن"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "adeō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "subeo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "adbito"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "accēdō"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "samīpikkuka",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "സമീപിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "utsengelea"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "abordere"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "apropiar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aprochar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "se sarrar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "s'acostairar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "acostar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nēalǣċan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nazdik šodan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "نزدیک شدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nazdik kardan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "نزدیک کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podchodzić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podejść"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zblizać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zblizyć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nadciągać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "nadciągnąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximar-se"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "assuykuy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "chimpay"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "asuy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "asuy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "apropia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxodítʹ",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to walk up or sail up closer to",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podojtí",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "подойти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približátʹsja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to get closer",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priblizítʹsja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приблизи́ться"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "ācarati",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "आचरति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "približiti se"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pristupiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "približovať sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "priblížiť sa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "blížiť sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bližati se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "acercarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "aproximarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "avecinarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "stunda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "närma"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "fotu"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "yaklaşmak"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "qrb",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "𐎖𐎗𐎁"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidxódyty",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підхо́дити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidijtý",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підійти́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablyžátysja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наближа́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablýzytysja",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "набли́зитися"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "lại"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "lại gần"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "đến"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"english": "at",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to come or go near, in place or time; to advance nearer; to draw nigh",
"word": "nesáu"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "motenal",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "մոտենալ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nabližácca",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набліжа́цца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nablízicca",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наблі́зіцца"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dobližávam se",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "доближа́вам се"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "benaderen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "proksimiĝi"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "alproksimiĝi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich nähern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "közeledik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "abbordare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "approcciare"
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{
"alt": "ちかづく",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "近づく"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dagagada",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "다가가다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "subeo"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "tilnærme seg"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "aproximar-se"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približátʹsja",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приблизи́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "aproximarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "avecinarse"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"word": "fotu"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
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"word": "наближа́тися"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "(figuratively) to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "набли́зитися"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "motenal",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "մոտենալ"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približávam se",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́вам се"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približá se",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
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],
"word": "приближа́ се"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhóždam",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подхо́ждам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhódja",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "подхо́дя"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "proksimigi"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "alproksimigi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "s’approcher de"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich nähern"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich annähern"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "megközelít"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "nálgast"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "færast nær"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "færa sig nær"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "accostarsi a"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "avvicinarsi a"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikazuku",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "近づく"
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"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "نزیک کەوتن"
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{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "ukariɓia"
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{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
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"code": "zdj",
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"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "nærme seg"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "نزدیک شدن به"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
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},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "aproximar-se de"
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"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "q'imikuy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подходи́ть"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "to walk up or sail up closer to",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podojtí",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "подойти́"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približátʹsja",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближа́ться"
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"roman": "priblizítʹsja",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приблизи́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "acercarse a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "aproximarse a"
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"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
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"word": "kukaribia"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come near to (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value",
"word": "yaklaşmak"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obrǎ́štam se",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "обръ́щам се"
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"word": "ektrakti"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(military) to take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by digging trenches",
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"reflexive"
],
"word": "sich nähern"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"ref": "1811, Samuel Horsley, “Sermon I. St. James v. 8. For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.”, in Sermons, volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] T. and J. Swords, […], →OCLC, page 10",
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"ref": "1859 May 10, Richard Owen, “Appendix B. On the Orang, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla, with Reference to the ‘Transmutation of Species.’”, in On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, […], London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 85",
"text": "The canine, judging from the figures published by M. [Édouard] Lartet, seems to be less developed than in the male chimpanzees, gorillas and orang. In which character the fossil, if it belonged to a male, makes a nearer approach to the human type; but it is one which many of the inferior monkeys also exhibit, and is by no means to be trusted as significant of true affinity, supposing even the sex of the fossil to be known as being male.",
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"ref": "1900, A[lfred] T[hayer] Mahan, “The Opening Campaign in Natal to the Investment of Ladysmith (October 11–November 2)”, in The War in South Africa: A Narrative of the Anglo-Boer War from the Beginning of Hostilities to the Fall of Pretoria, New York, N.Y.: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son, →OCLC, page 31, column 2",
"text": "It was, therefore, natural to expect that the main attack would come from the north along the railroad, and from the east, where the approach from the Transvaal boundary, which is there marked by the Buffalo River, is over a country much more practicable than the western mountain range.",
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"ref": "1980 May 2, “In the Matter of Amendment of Section 64.702 of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations (Second Computer Inquiry): Final Decision”, in Federal Communications Commission Reports: Decisions and Reports of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States (Docket no. 20828; FCC 80-189), volume 76 (2nd Series), Washington, D.C., published 1982, →OCLC, section IV (Comments), paragraph 41, page 402",
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},
{
"ref": "1980 June 27, J[ames] Skelly Wright, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, “Lead Industries Association, Inc., Petitioner, v. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent (No. 78-2201)”, in Federal Reporter […] (2nd Series), volume 647, numbers 1–3, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., published 1981, →OCLC, page 1136",
"text": "Its [the United States Environmental Protection Agency's] initial approach to controlling the amount of lead in the ambient air was to limit lead emissions from automobiles by restricting the amount of lead in gasoline.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1989, Congressional Research Service, “Article I: Legislative Power: Separation of Powers Limitations”, in Johnny H. Killian, George A. Costello, editors, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation: 1988 Supplement: […] (100th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Document; no. 100-43; United States Congressional Serial Set; no. 13854), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 4",
"text": "The functional approach [to separation of powers issues] emphasizes the core functions of each branch and asks whether the challenged action threatens the essential attributes of the legislative, executive, or judicial function or functions. Under this approach, there is considerable flexibility in the moving branch, usually Congress acting to make structural or institutional change, if there is little significant risk of impairment of a core function or in the case of such a risk if there is a compelling reason for the action.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"manner",
"manner"
],
[
"making",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"policy",
"policy"
],
[
"solving",
"solve#Verb"
],
[
"problem",
"problem#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"An opportunity of drawing near; access."
],
"links": [
[
"opportunity",
"opportunity"
],
[
"access",
"access#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) An opportunity of drawing near; access."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Aviation"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2001, “Aerodynamic Factors”, in Instrument Flying Handbook 2001 (FAA-H-8083-15), Washington, D.C.: Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, page 2-6, column 2",
"text": "Most small airplanes maintain a speed well in excess of 1.3 times V_(SO) on an instrument approach. An airplane with a stall speed of 50 knots (V_(SO)) has a normal approach speed of 65 knots.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport."
],
"links": [
[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"aircraft",
"aircraft"
],
[
"comes",
"come#Verb"
],
[
"land",
"land#Verb"
],
[
"airport",
"airport"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"attributive"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Aviation"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We flew the RNAV/GPS A approach to runway 16.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.",
"A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport."
],
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[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"aircraft",
"aircraft"
],
[
"comes",
"come#Verb"
],
[
"land",
"land#Verb"
],
[
"airport",
"airport"
],
[
"procedure",
"procedure"
],
[
"approach",
"#Verb"
],
[
"land",
"land"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.",
"A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"attributive"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Bowling"
],
"glosses": [
"The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball."
],
"links": [
[
"bowling",
"bowling#Noun"
],
[
"area",
"area"
],
[
"lane",
"lane"
],
[
"bowler",
"bowler"
],
[
"stand",
"stand#Verb"
],
[
"run up",
"run up"
],
[
"bowling",
"bowl#Verb"
],
[
"ball",
"ball#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball."
],
"topics": [
"bowling",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "approach shot"
}
],
"categories": [
"English short forms",
"en:Golf",
"en:Tennis"
],
"glosses": [
"Short for approach shot."
],
"links": [
[
"golf",
"golf"
],
[
"tennis",
"tennis"
],
[
"approach shot",
"approach shot#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(golf, tennis) Short for approach shot."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
],
"topics": [
"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports",
"tennis"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊtʃ"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-approach.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/En-us-approach.ogg/En-us-approach.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-us-approach.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iqtirāb",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِقْتِرَاب"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muqāraba",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُقَارَبَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nabližénnje",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "набліжэ́нне"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "prybližénnje",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "прыбліжэ́нне"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približávane",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приближа́ване"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apropament"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aproximació"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiējìn",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "接近"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "přiblížení"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aantocht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "benadering"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "komst"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "alproksimiĝo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "proksimiĝo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "lähestyminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "approche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Annäherung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proséngisi",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προσέγγιση"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éphodos",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἔφοδος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ionsaí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "approccio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avvicinamento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contatto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "apurōchi",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "アプローチ"
},
{
"alt": "せっきん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sekkin",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "接近"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeopgeun",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"word": "접근"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accessus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "približuvanje",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приближување"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"time"
],
"word": "tilstundelse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"english": "space or figuratively",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tilnærmelse"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tilnærming"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tilnærming"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nadejście"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podejście"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zbliżenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aproximação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približénije",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приближе́ние"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "priblíženie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "približovanie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bližanje"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "približevanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acercamiento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aproximación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llegada"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nablýžennja",
"sense": "act of drawing near in place or time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "набли́ження"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vhod",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вход"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhód",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōngdào",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "通道"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tōnglù",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "通路"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toegang"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "käynti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "kulku"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "reitti"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éphodos",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἔφοδος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gishá",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּישָׁה"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aðgönguleið"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accesso"
},
{
"alt": "つうろ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsūro",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"word": "通路"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aditus"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "innkjøring"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dojazd"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podjazd"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acesso"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "entrada"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podʺjézd",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подъе́зд"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pódstup",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́дступ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxód",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acceso"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidxíd",
"sense": "avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "підхі́д"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kayfiyya",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "كَيْفِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭarīqa",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "طَرِيقَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wasīla",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَسِيلَة"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "yol"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "çəm"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "yanaşma"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "padyxód",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "падыхо́д"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhód",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāngfǎ",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "方法"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "přístup"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fremgangsmåde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tilgang"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aanpak"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "sinteno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "lähestymistapa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "approche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ansatz"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proséngisi",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προσέγγιση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gishá",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּישָׁה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "hozzáállás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "megközelítés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "szemlélet"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nálgun"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "approccio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "apurōchi",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "アプローチ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "vi’tʰii saah",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "វិធីសាស្ត្រ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeopgeun",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "접근"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "pendekatan"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tilnærmelsesmåte"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podejście"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "approach"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "abordagem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"word": "enfoque"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxód",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "modh"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prístup"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enfoque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "planteamiento"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidxíd",
"sense": "manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "підхі́д"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dóstup",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "до́ступ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dóstǎp",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "до́стъп"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podhód",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхо́д"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "benadering"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"word": "lähestyminen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Annäherung"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gishá",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּישָׁה"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "accessus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dostęp"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dóstup",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "до́ступ"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acercamiento"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dóstup",
"sense": "opportunity of drawing near — see also access",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "до́ступ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zahód",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "захо́д"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "進近"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jìnjìn",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "进近"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anflyvning"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "indflyvning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aanvliegen"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "innflúgving"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "lähestyminen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anflug"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aðflug"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avvicinamento"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "innflyvning"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"word": "innflyging"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxód na posádku",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "захо́д на поса́дку"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaxód",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "захо́д"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aproximación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "inflygning"
}
],
"word": "approach"
}
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