🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

abordagem

Pronunciation / Transliteration: abordagem

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Approach/əˈproʊtʃ/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Precisamos de uma nova abordagem."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A way of dealing with something.

    "We need a new approach to this problem."
As verb
  1. 1

    Come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.

    "The train is approaching the station."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'approach' originates from the Middle English 'aprochen', derived from the Old French 'aprochier', which in turn comes from the Latin 'approximare', meaning 'to come near'. Over time, it has evolved to encompass both physical and metaphorical senses of coming closer or making progress towards something.

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