What part of speech is approached?

Approached can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. approached is a verb, past participle of approach (infinitive).
  • 2. approached is a verb, past simple of approach (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does approached mean?

Definitions

Verb

approach - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
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 in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
approach - begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
approach - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

Examples of approached

#   Sentence  
1. verb Ms. Walters approached one of the women and said, "This is marvelous.
2. verb Here's a story...as I was waiting at the bus stop (7:35am) to go to school, a lady approached me and asked if I'd make sure her daughter got on a certain bus.
3. verb I chose the later, but approached the front desk about the hotel policy to push over their responsibilities on local authorities, not to mention the good nights sleep i paid for but didnt get.
4. verb Our boat approached the small island.
5. verb In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
6. verb A girl approached the king from among the crowd.
7. verb The cat slowly approached the mouse.
8. verb The bungalow is approached only by a narrow path.
9. verb As he entered the hall, two men approached him.
10. verb The lion began to roar as we approached.
11. verb After parting from me, he approached the station.
12. verb The students went at their work as the examinations approached.
13. verb I approached my father about an increase in allowance.
14. verb The ship approached the shore by degrees.
15. verb There was a gust of hot wind from the tunnel as the train approached.
Sentence  
verb
Ms. Walters approached one of the women and said, "This is marvelous.
Here's a story...as I was waiting at the bus stop (7:35am) to go to school, a lady approached me and asked if I'd make sure her daughter got on a certain bus.
I chose the later, but approached the front desk about the hotel policy to push over their responsibilities on local authorities, not to mention the good nights sleep i paid for but didnt get.
Our boat approached the small island.
In the past, Fletcher Fuel was approached by Japanese companies.
A girl approached the king from among the crowd.
The cat slowly approached the mouse.
The bungalow is approached only by a narrow path.
As he entered the hall, two men approached him.
The lion began to roar as we approached.
After parting from me, he approached the station.
The students went at their work as the examinations approached.
I approached my father about an increase in allowance.
The ship approached the shore by degrees.
There was a gust of hot wind from the tunnel as the train approached.

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