Translation
to approach, to draw near
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Examples
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Winter is approaching.
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He approached the window.
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A ship drew near the shore.
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Let us move closer to the fire.
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The moment of decision drew near.
Read it as three pieces: plus plus --, become near to. Knowing the build tells you the grammar, because -- makes it intransitive. Whatever you are approaching goes after and never as a direct object.
without the prefix means the same thing and is shorter, so use whichever reads better. The -- counterpart, , means to bring something closer rather than to go closer yourself. That -- and -- pair is the fault line running through the whole verb system, and this word is a clean place to feel it.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 3: alproksimiĝi, fakto, nobla and 7 more words.