benaderen — meaning in English

English meaning

• advance verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
• approach verb To move closer to something or someone.
• approximation noun A rough estimate or figure that is close to, but not exactly, correct.

Senses

benaderen is used for these senses in English:

• advance (intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]
• approach (ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
• approach (transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
• approximation (linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.

advance — full definition

1. verb To move forward, or to help something make progress.
2. verb To give money before it is normally due.
3. noun Forward movement or progress, or money paid before it is due.
4. adj Happening or done ahead of time.

approach — full definition

1. verb To move closer to something or someone.
2. verb To speak to someone, often to make a request or start a conversation.
3. noun A way of dealing with or thinking about something.

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