(v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
(v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
(v. t.) To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
(v. t.) To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
(v. t.) To take approaches to.
(v. i.) The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
(v. i.) A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
(v. i.) Movements to gain favor; advances.
(v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
(v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
(v. i.) See Approaching.
Example Sentences:
(1) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
(2) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
(3) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
(4) Other approaches to the diagnosis of pancreatic pseudocysts are reviewed.
(5) These authors, therefore, conclude that this modified surgical approach is a viable alternative to the previously described procedures for resistant metatarsus adductus.
(6) By drawing from the pathophysiology, this article discusses a multidimensional approach to the treatment of these difficult patients.
(7) In the second approach, attachment sites of DTPA groups were directed away from the active region of the molecule by having fragment E1,2 bound in complex, with its active sites protected during the derivatization.
(8) Community involvement is a key element of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach, and thus an essential topic on a course for managers of Primary Health Care programmes.
(9) Thus, mechanical restitution of the ventricle is a dynamic process that can be assessed using an elastance-based approach in the in situ heart.
(10) This approach is suitable for the quantitative detection of proteins.
(11) Differentiation between these two types of lesions is of utmost importance since the surgical approach will be different.
(12) Our experience indicates that lateral rhinotomy is a safe, repeatable and cosmetically sound procedure that provides and excellent surgical approach to the nasal cavity and sinuses.
(13) Such an approach to investigations into subclinical mastitis is not feasible by means of either single- or double-parameter techniques.
(14) The clinical aspects, the modality of onset and diffusion of the lymphoma, its macroscopic and histopathological features and the different therapeutic approaches are discussed.
(15) Instead, the White House opted for a low-key approach, publishing a blogpost profiling Trinace Edwards, a brain-tumour victim who recently discovered she was eligible for Medicaid coverage.
(16) The in vivo approach consisted of interspecies grafting between quail and chick embryos.
(17) It is time to start over with an approach to promoting wellbeing in foreign countries that is empirical rather than ideological.
(18) The stepped approach is cost-effective and provides an objective basis for decisions and priority setting.
(19) The approach was to determine the relative importance of predisposing, enabling, and medical need factors in explaining utilization rates among younger and older enrollees of an HMO.
(20) These data, compared with literature findings, support the idea that intratumoral BCG instillation of bladder cancer permits a longer disease-free period than other therapeutical approaches.
Beacon
Definition:
(n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
(n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
(n.) A high hill near the shore.
(n.) That which gives notice of danger.
(v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
(v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's ironic given this sector is the one shining beacon of potential growth and job creation.
(2) Grid reference: 54.5763, -2.8734 Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Lower Ddwli Falls, Waterfall Woods, Brecon Beacons In the south-west hills of the Brecon Beacons , near Ystradfellte, you'll find some of the most amazing waterfall plunge pools in Britain.
(3) Even the most controversial features it has eventually killed off – such as Beacon, which published users' purchases and related advertiser information in feeds – have still informed the site's development.
(4) They revealed that Lance Corporal Craig Roberts, who died in searing temperatures on the Brecon Beacons, had been about to begin a new post in the office of the education secretary.
(5) A few people might have wasted time trying to define Conchita's identity or worrying if she is one of "us", but the majority saw her for what she is: an ambassador for diversity, and a beacon of light – no doubt – to our queer cousins on the continent.
(6) I think what Anne has done should be like a beacon and a message to other disabled people not to be afraid to speak out.
(7) The north Texas city of Denton became a beacon for the anti-fracking movement when residents voted to prohibit the practice inside city limits .
(8) He describes the country's legislative gains (which include gay marriage) as "a beacon for LGBT rights all across Africa".
(9) A third army reserve soldier has died from injuries sustained during SAS selection training in the Brecon Beacons, the Ministry of Defence has said.
(10) The following threshold values, beacon of the surveillance, were retained: --variations of 15% in relation to a reference examination: non-significant, --variations of 20 to 30%: probably significant, --variations of more than 30%: significant.
(11) The beacons had to be well-placed on the vehicle - hidden, but not so hidden so the signal was lost,” said the leader.
(12) The training offered by the Beacons has made them a natural base for the SAS.
(13) Beacon Food Forest, Seattle, Washington, US This Seattle project, called the Beacon Food Forest, is turning public land into an edible forest where residents can forage for fruits, pumpkins and nuts.
(14) Only last month, a new edict allowed sub-divisional magistrates to use flashing blue beacons, though it insisted that only divisional and sub-divisional commissioners would be allowed to use red beacons.
(15) Several hundred miles to the north east in Massachusetts, the Beacon Hill Institute requested $38,825 from Searle to weaken or roll back a five-year effort by states in the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(16) While Nepal is a beacon of progress, the day-to-day experience of changing documents for some transgender people continues to be unpleasant due to the poor behaviour of bureaucrats,” says Knight.
(17) The 28-nation bloc prides itself on being a beacon of human rights protection, taking a tough stance on issues ranging from LGBT rights to banning capital punishment and upholding press freedoms.
(18) Nor does the beacon theory, in which Scotland inspires progressive forces in what is left of the UK, stand up to examination.
(19) Still, Malawi was admired as a beacon of democracy and good governance and, in 2009, Bingu won re-election by a landslide.
(20) As was stated earlier in this article, a most useful beacon to guide the physician in this dimly lit path is the notion that "congruence not candor" direct the disclosure.