Academic Grammar and Orthography Manuals of the Romanian Academy

• To approach — To directly address a person to initiate a conversation, negotiation, or social interaction; to begin to study, discuss, treat, or solve a complex problem, a theoretical topic, or a critical situation; (original maritime sense) to bring a vessel into direct contact with another vessel or the shore, either voluntarily or due to an accidental collision.
• To abbreviate — To shorten, reduce, or compress a word, a phrase, a text, or a discursive paradigm by eliminating certain letters, syllables, or entire fragments, without altering or losing the original meaning of the linguistic unit; to use codified abbreviations or acronyms in the process of writing or text editing.