approach verb (COME NEAR)

B1 [I or T] to come near or nearer to something or someone

in space, time, quality, oramount:

method
noun [C] UK /me.d/ US
B1 a particular way of doing something:

technique
noun [C or U] UK /teknik/ US
B1 a way of doing an activity that needs skill:

strategy
noun [C or U] UK /strt..di/ US /strtt-/
B2 a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such

as war, politics, business,industry, or sport, or the skill of planning for

such situations:

procedure
noun UK /prsi.dr/ US /-d/
procedure noun (WAY TO DO)
B2 [C or U] a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing

something:

model
noun [C] UK /md.l/ US /m.dl/
model noun [C] (COPY)
C2 something that a copy can be based on because it is

an extremely good example of itstype:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/model