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Synonyms for approach

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsActions

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

The hunter's approach scattered the geese.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

coming

Same sentence, swapped: The hunter's coming scattered the geese.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for approach as it is used in the sentence above.

attack
overture
progress

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Closest first: other actions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

postnounmailany particular collection of letters or packages that is deliveredFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line practicenounpatterna customary way of operation or behaviorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line progressnounadvancea movement forwardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line protectionnounshelterthe condition of being protectedFoothills2 senses reclamationnounreformationrescuing from error and returning to a rightful courseHigh Camp reconciliationnounbalancinggetting two things to correspondRidgelineHas a reason line recordingnountranscriptionthe act of making a record (especially an audio record)High Camp fatadjectiverichmarked by great fruitfulnessFoothills

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