{
  "id": "approach.spatial",
  "term": "approach",
  "sense": "spatial",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "arena": "common",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "to move toward something",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "motion.movement",
      "toward.spatial",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "goes through space toward and becomes near the target",
    "novel_properties": [
      "purposeful direction",
      "decreasing distance"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "In 2023, NASA's DART spacecraft approached asteroid Dimorphos at 6.6 km/s before impact.",
      "domain": "physics"
    },
    {
      "text": "A gray wolf pack approaches Yellowstone's Lamar Valley each winter seeking elk herds.",
      "domain": "biology"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Tokyo Metro Ginza Line train approaches Shibuya Station every 120 seconds during rush hour.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "motion.movement",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "approach is a kind of movement"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "ripening.approaching"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "approach",
    "approached",
    "approaches",
    "approaching"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-approach.spatial"
}