approach
approaching
coming | the act of drawing spatially closer to something, the hunter's approach scattered the geese |
| landing approach | the approach to a landing field by an airplane |
groundontrolled approach
GCA | aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar |
| approach approach shot | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green, he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green |
| approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
access
approach | a way of entering or leaving, he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge |
approach trench
communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
| approach | a close approximation, the nearest approach to genius |
approach
approaching
coming | the temporal property of becoming nearer in time, the approach of winter |
| reader | one of a series of texts for students learning to read |
overture
advance
approach
feeler | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others, she rejected his advances |
approach
approaching | the event of one object coming closer to another |
traffic pattern
approach pattern
pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
approach path
approach
glide path
glide slope | the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing |
| lay reader | a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church |
lector
lecturer reader | a public lecturer at certain universities |
| lector reader | someone who reads the lessons in a church service, someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church |
| lip reader | someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips |
| mind reader telepathist thoughteader | a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) |
newsreader
news reader | someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin |
proofreader
reader | someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections |
| reader | a person who enjoys reading |
| reader | a person who can read, a literate person |
| reviewer referee reader | someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication |
| subscriber reader | someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication |
telepathist
thoughteader
mental telepathist
mind reader | someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly |
| approach | make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion, I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters |
| approach come near | come near in time, Winter is approaching, approaching old age |
approach
near
come on
go up draw near
draw close
come near | move towards, We were approaching our destination, They are drawing near, The enemy army came nearer and nearer |
set about
go about
approach | begin to deal with, approach a task, go about a difficult problem, approach a new project |
border on
approach | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character, This borders on discrimination!, His playing approaches that of Horowitz |
oriented
orientated | adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances, sometimes used in combination, the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view, helping freshmen become oriented to college life, the book is value-oriented throughout |