approach
verb
1 verb come closer INTRANSITIVEtar i dtreo tar i ngiorrachttar i bhfoisceachttar chuig PhrV we heard a motorbike approaching chualamar gluaisrothar ag teacht inár dtreo, chualamar gluaisrothar ag teacht chugainnhe saw a car approaching from the left chonaic sé carr ag teacht ó thaobh na láimhe clé 2 verb come closer to sb/sth TRANSITIVEtéigh i dtreotar i dtreo déan ar PhrV druid isteach lethe bride approached the altar chuaigh an bhrídeog i dtreo na haltórathey approached me from the side tháinig siad i mo threo ón taobh, tháinig siad go cliathánach chugamthey prevented the crowd from approaching the president níor lig siad don slua dul in aice leis an uachtarán, choinnigh siad an slua amach ón uachtaránTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb come closer in time INTRANSITIVEas winter approached the birds left d'imigh na héin nuair a bhí an geimhreadh ag teannadh linn, d'imigh na héin nuair a bhí an geimhreadh ag druidim linnthe time for action is fast approaching tá an t-am chun gnímh ag breith orainn go tapa, tá an t-am buailte linn nuair a bheidh orainn beart a dhéanamh 4 verb draw closer in time to sth TRANSITIVEdéan ar PhrV tarraing ar PhrV teann le PhrV beir isteach arwe are rapidly approaching the deadline tá an sprioc-am ag teannadh linn go gasta 5 verb come close to point, level TRANSITIVEit's approaching overflow level tá sé beagnach ag cur thar maoilwe're rapidly approaching the end of our tether táimid beagnach i ndeireadh na feide 6 verb make overtures to sb TRANSITIVEtéigh chun cainte lefocal a bheith agat lebog leI'll approach him about it bogfaidh mé an scéal leis 7 verb tackle problem etc TRANSITIVEaghaidh a thabhairt ar téigh i ngleic le tabhair faoi PhrV you need to approach this problem carefully caithfidh tú aghaidh a thabhairt ar an bhfadhb seo go cúramach, ní mór duit dul i ngleic leis an bhfadhb seo go cúramach 8 verb resemble (sth) TRANSITIVEbheith ar nósbheith cosúil le bheith i ndáil le bheith inait was soon approaching a flood ní fada gur gheall le tuile éwe haven't eaten anything approaching a meal for three days ní raibh béile, ná cosúlacht béile, againn le trí lá
noun
9 noun methodcur chuige bealach masc1 modh masc3 to adopt an approach to sth cur chuige a ghlacadh i leith ruda, cur chuige a ghlacadh maidir le rudbottom-up approach cur chuige ón mbonn aníos 10 noun imminent onsetteacht masc3 with the approach of war we left d'imíomar agus an cogadh ag teacht sa mhullach orainn 11 noun movement closerteacht masc3 he ran away at my approach rith sé leis nuair a tháinig mé ina threo 12 noun overtureteagmháil fem3 I can't talk about our approach to the chief executive ní féidir liom labhairt faoin teagmháil a rinneamar leis an bpríomhfheidhmeannach 13 noun romantic advanceiarracht fem3 to make an approach to sb bleid a bhualadh ar dhuine, iarracht a dhéanamh ar dhuineshe was fed up with his unwelcome approaches bhí sí cráite i gceart aige 14 noun path leading to sthbealach isteach slí fem4 on the approach to the station ar an mbealach isteach go dtí an stáisiún 15 noun AERO of flightbealach isteach 16 noun similar thingthat was the nearest approach to an embassy they had ba é sin an rud ba ghaire d'ambasáid a bhí acu, ba é sin an rud ba chosúla le hambasáid a bhí acu