Approach School Adopt Discipline Heard Time Make Noun

• she took the wrong approach in her dealings with them.
• the school has decided to adopt a different approach to discipline.
• she hadn't heard his approach and jumped as the door opened.
• the approach of spring

approach

1. a way of dealing with somebody/something; a way of doing or thinking about something such as a problem or a task
• She took the wrong approach in her dealings with them.
• The school has decided to adopt a different approach to discipline.
2. movement nearer to somebody/something in distance or time
• She hadn't heard his approach and jumped as the door opened.
• the approach of spring
• They felt apprehensive about the approach of war.
3. the act of speaking to somebody about something, especially when making an offer or a request
• The club has made an approach to a local company for sponsorship.
• She resented his persistent approaches.
4. a path, road, etc. that leads to a place
• See related entries: Types of road
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/types_of_road/approach_3
• All the approaches to the palace were guarded by troops.
• a new approach road to the port
5. the part of an aircraft’s flight immediately before landing
• See related entries: Plane travel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/plane_travel/approach_2
• to begin the final approach to the runway
6. a thing that is like something else that is mentioned
• That's the nearest approach to an apology you'll get from him.
7. if you use the carrot and stick approach, you persuade somebody to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not
• The emphasis is on the carrot of incentive rather than the stick of taxes.

Extra Examples

• He criticized the one-size-fits-all approach to learning.
• I liked her approach to the problem
• I spent some time testing this approach.
• Next time I’d advocate the direct approach.
• She favoured the direct approach.
• Some teachers have a more formal approach to teaching.
• Taking a fresh approach often yields interesting results.
• The US army pioneered this approach.
• The aircraft had to make a steep approach to the landing strip.
• The approach to the village was very pretty.
• The children fell silent at the approach of their teacher.
• The company is taking a proactive approach to easing the energy crisis.
• The plane crashed during its approach to the runway.
• The swishing of the grass signalled the approach of a person.
• The therapy takes a holistic approach to health and well-being.
• The weather turned colder with the approach of autumn.
• This approach allows students to learn at their own pace.
• This approach can be extended to other fields.
• This approach offers many advantages.
• This approach works for me.
• We need to adopt a more pragmatic approach.
• We need to try alternative approaches to the problem.
• We’ll have to make an approach to the chief executive.
• We’ve received an approach from the director of a rival company.
• a pragmatic approach to the role of religion in politics
• the approach road to the palace
• He had failed to notice the approach of the two policemen.
• She hadn’t heard his approach.
• The air was growing cooler with the approach of evening.
• The modern approach to grammar teaching should make it easier to learn.
• The school has adopted a firmer approach to discipline.
• They were watching the slow approach of the bus.
• This is a completely new approach.
• We want you to explore and develop various approaches.
• Why don’t you try a different approach?
• With the approach of winter comes new worries.
• You need to change your basic approach.

Word Origin

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