approximate
near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
nearly exact; not perfectly accurate or correct: The approximate time was 10 o'clock.
near; close together.
very similar; nearly identical.
to come near to; approach closely to: to approximate an ideal.
to estimate: We approximated the distance at three miles.
to simulate; imitate closely: The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.
to bring near.
to come near in position, character, amount, etc.
Origin of approximate
1Other words from approximate
- ap·prox·i·mate·ly, adverb
Words Nearby approximate
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How to use approximate in a sentence
In the absence of live interactions, we must do our best as a society to approximate them.
Miss Manners: Practice saying ‘I’ve got it, thanks’ | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostOf the approximate 1,800 fatalities from mid-May to mid-June, 70 percent were people older than 70.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia. | Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostSome brands pack on features that allow users to more closely approximate the cinematic experience, but if you’re in the HD range, you’re already on your way.
Best 2 in 1 laptops: Work hard, play hard with these versatile picks | PopSci Commerce Team | January 27, 2021 | Popular-ScienceI would never have figured out on my own that Braun-Meuser-Case was supposed to approximate “brand-new suitcase.”
Style Conversational Week 1419: A smile for the Capitol? | Pat Myers | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostSolver Alex Vornsand approximated the size of this region by picking random points in the circle and seeing how many would have resulted in a balanced disk.
Can You Cut The Square … Into More Squares? | Zach Wissner-Gross | January 8, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
Total approximate retail value of all prizes awarded is $ 3899.97.
The Daily Beast Company LLC The New Alphas Sweepstakes Official Rules | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy 2018, Chinese wealth is expected to approximate the level of US wealth in 1993.
I figure out the approximate outline, the sequence of subject matter for the chapter, numbering the material.
And nobody had reported a missing child of that approximate age.
The red line is the approximate break-even price of the average tar sands producer.
The Quixotic Crusade Against the Keystone Pipeline | Megan McArdle | March 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor accuracy, 500 to 1000 leukocytes must be classified; for approximate results, 200 are sufficient.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddHis skin was of so light a yellow color as to approximate to dirty white, and his face was pock-marked from neck to crown.
Dope | Sax RohmerThey are for the most part straight, and intersect each other at approximate right angles.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIt is impossible to arrive at even an approximate estimate of the number of victims of the early persecutions.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe approximate date is probably about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey | Thomas Perkins
British Dictionary definitions for approximate
almost accurate or exact
inexact; rough; loose: only an approximate fit
much alike; almost the same
near; close together
(usually foll by to) to come or bring near or close; be almost the same (as)
maths to find an expression for (some quantity) accurate to a specified degree: See accurate (def. 4)
Origin of approximate
1Derived forms of approximate
- approximative, adjective
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