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approached

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Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come nearer

Synonyms:

advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon

Antonyms:

depart, distance, go away, leave
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make request, suggestion

Synonyms:

accost, address, advise, appeal to, apply to, beseech, confer, consult, entreat, feel, feel one out, give a play, give a tumble, greet, implore, make advance, make overture, make up to, plead, propose, sound out, speak to, supplicate, take aside, talk to, thumb, tumble
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin

Synonyms:

commence, embark, set about, start, undertake
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: [Motion towards] Approach.
Category: 4. Motion with reference to direction

Synonyms:

-nouns
approach, approximation, appropinquation; access; appulse; afflux, affluxion; advent (approach of time); pursuit.
-verbs
approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.
-adjectives
approaching; approximative; affluent; impending, imminent (destined [more]).
-adverbs
on the road.

Antonyms:

recession (Motion from)]
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Main Entry: address
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speak to a formal gathering

Synonyms:

approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, pontificate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor, talk
Main Entry: amount
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: equal, add up to

Synonyms:

aggregate, approach, approximate, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, become, check with, come to, correspond, develop into, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch
Notes: use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted
number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money
Main Entry: approximate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come close

Synonyms:

approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on
Main Entry: bear down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: close in on

Synonyms:

advance on, approach, converge on, near, press, weigh down
Main Entry: border on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come close to; approximate

Synonyms:

abut, adjoin, approach, be like, be similar to, come near, compare, connect, contact, echo, impinge, join, lie near, lie next to, march, match, near, neighbor, parallel, resemble, touch, verge on

Antonyms:

not touch
Main Entry: bribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request silence, action, or inaction for money

Synonyms:

approach, buy, buy back, buy off, coax, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, get at, get to, grease palm, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, pervert, reward, seduce, soap, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip
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