approach: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 17 letter points · starts with A · ends with H
Meaning of approach
verb
- intransitive
To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
Example: She approached the door cautiously.
- intransitive
To play an approach shot.
- ambitransitive, figuratively
Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
Example: He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
- also, figuratively, transitive
To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
Example: “Would counsel please approach the bench?” asked the judge.
Listed forms: approaches, approaching, approached.
Source: Wiktionary — approach.
noun
- also, figuratively
An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
- also, figuratively
An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
- also, figuratively
An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access. A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
Listed forms: approaches.
Source: Wiktionary — approach.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for approach.
noun
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- attack
- plan of attack
noun
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
noun
a way of entering or leaving
noun
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
- approach path
- glide path
- glide slope
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is approach in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of approach
A(1) + P(3) + P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + A(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 17 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of approach
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from approach
65 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in approach. Showing up to 24, longest first.