Approach and Return

Approach

Approach noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

Return and approach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Approach".

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Approach and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approach" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

good good approach good return
better better approach better return
initial initial approach initial return
entire entire approach entire return
Other adjectives: successful, serious, dark, less, different.

Common collocations

life approach life return life
man approach man return man
people approach people return people
body approach body return body
Other words: group, area, item, way, earth, world, car, planet, town, player, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Green-Eyed Monster: The jealousy of Cordelia being unable to play Teleport-Tag, and in return the jealousy of the boys in the Unicorn not letting them approach.
  • Gunship Rescue Double Subverted in Return of the Jedi when Han and Leia manage to take care of a couple of storm troopers giving them trouble, only for a AT-ST Scout Walker to approach them.
  • Airstrike Impossible The 'Victor', which had three pilots in the two-man cockpit, was refueled four times on the approach and one more on the return.
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