Deal vs. Approach
Dealnoun
(obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
Dealnoun
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
Dealnoun
An act of dealing or sharing out.
Dealnoun
The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
Dealnoun
A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction
Dealnoun
Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
Dealnoun
An agreement between parties; an arrangement
Dealnoun
(informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
Dealnoun
(informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
Dealnoun
(uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Dealnoun
(countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Dealnoun
A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.
Dealverb
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
Dealverb
(transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
Dealverb
(ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game.
Dealverb
(baseball) To pitch.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To have dealings or business.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
Dealverb
To take action; to act.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
Dealverb
(transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To be concerned with.
Dealverb
(intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
Dealadjective
Made of deal.
Dealnoun
A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
Dealnoun
The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
Dealnoun
Distribution; apportionment.
Dealnoun
An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; - applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Dealnoun
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
Dealnoun
Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
Dealverb
To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; - sometimes with out.
Dealverb
Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
Dealverb
To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
Dealverb
To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
Dealverb
To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; - followed by between or with.
Dealverb
To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
Dealverb
To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
Dealnoun
a particular instance of buying or selling;
Dealnoun
an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each;
Dealnoun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
Dealnoun
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
Dealnoun
wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
Dealnoun
the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time;
Dealnoun
the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement);
Dealnoun
the act of distributing playing cards;
Dealnoun
the act of apportioning or distributing something;
Dealverb
deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
Dealverb
take action with respect to (someone or something);
Dealverb
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;
Dealverb
come to terms or deal successfully with;
Dealverb
administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Dealverb
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
Dealverb
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of;
Dealverb
behave in a certain way towards others;
Dealverb
distribute to the players in a game;
Dealverb
direct the course of; manage or control;
Dealverb
give out as one's portion or share
Dealverb
give (a specific card) to a player;
Dealverb
sell;
Dealadjective
made of fir or pine;
Approachverb
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Approachverb
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate.
Approachverb
(transitive) To come near to in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
Approachverb
To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy).
Approachverb
To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question.
Approachverb
To take approaches to.
Approachverb
To bring near; to cause to draw near.
Approachnoun
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
Approachnoun
An access, or opportunity of drawing near.
Approachnoun
(in plural) Movements to gain favor; advances.
Approachnoun
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Approachnoun
A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made.
Approachnoun
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
Approachnoun
An approach shot.
Approachnoun
The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
Approachnoun
(bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
Approachverb
To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
Approachverb
To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
Approachverb
To bring near; to cause to draw near; to advance.
Approachverb
To come near to in place, time, or character; to draw nearer to; as, to approach the city; to approach my cabin; he approached the age of manhood.
Approachverb
To take approaches to.
Approachnoun
The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near.
Approachnoun
A access, or opportunity of drawing near.
Approachnoun
Movements to gain favor; advances.
Approachnoun
A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access.
Approachnoun
The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post.
Approachnoun
See Approaching.
Approachnoun
A stroke whose object is to land the ball on the putting green. It is made with an iron club.
Approachnoun
that part of a flight during which an airplane descends toward the landing strip.
Approachnoun
the steps taken by a bowler just before delivering the ball toward the pins.
Approachnoun
ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation;
Approachnoun
the act of drawing spatially closer to something;
Approachnoun
a way of entering or leaving;
Approachnoun
the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
Approachnoun
the event of one object coming closer to another
Approachnoun
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
Approachnoun
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time;
Approachnoun
a close approximation;
Approachnoun
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green;
Approachverb
move towards;
Approachverb
come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character;
Approachverb
begin to deal with;
Approachverb
come near in time;
Approachverb
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion;
