approach (noun)

  • 61glide slope — noun the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing • Syn: ↑approach path, ↑approach, ↑glide path • Hypernyms: ↑air lane, ↑flight path, ↑airway, ↑skyway …

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  • 62old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …

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  • 63back door — noun 1. a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position) (Freq. 1) he got his job through the back door • Syn: ↑backdoor • Hypernyms: ↑access 2. an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains …

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  • 64bedside manner — noun manner or conduct of a physician in the presence of a patient • Hypernyms: ↑manner, ↑personal manner * * * noun : the manner often solicitous and sympathetic that a physician assumes toward his patients * * * the attitude, approach, and… …

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  • 65flight path — noun 1. the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air • Hypernyms: ↑path, ↑route, ↑itinerary 2. a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another • Syn: ↑air lane, ↑airway, ↑skyway …

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  • 66GCA — noun aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar • Syn: ↑ground controlled approach • Hypernyms: ↑aircraft landing, ↑airplane landing * * * abbreviation 1. general claim agent …

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  • 67air lane — noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another • Syn: ↑flight path, ↑airway, ↑skyway • Hypernyms: ↑path, ↑route, ↑itinerary • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 68plan of attack — noun ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons an attack on inflation his plan of attack was misguided • Syn: ↑approach, ↑attack • Derivationally related… …

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  • 69midlife crisis — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ noun : a period of emotional turmoil in middle age caused by the realization that one is no longer young and characterized especially by a strong desire for change * * * noun, pl ⋯ crises [count] : a time in middle age when a person… …

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  • 70death — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, premature, untimely ▪ The president s untimely death has thrown the country into chaos. ▪ sudden, unexpected ▪ immediate …

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