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View synonyms for approximately

approximately

[ uh-prok-suh-mit-lee ]

adverb

  1. It’s approximately 25 miles from here to El Paso.

    Add approximately 2 cups of milk or water.



approximately

/ əˈprɒksɪmɪtlɪ /

adverb

  1. close to; around; roughly or in the region of


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Word History and Origins

Origin of approximately1

First recorded in 1845–50; approximate ( def ) + -ly ( def )

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Example Sentences

By contrast, John McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, had raised approximately $12.7 million in the first quarter of 2007 alone.

Approximately 100 Romney fans were invited on the call, he said.

All in all, approximately 13,000 Allied POWs and 90,000 Asian laborers perished while working on the railway.

The U.S. has spent approximately $120 billion to rebuild the central Asian nation, according to SIGAR.

An NYPD spokesperson told The Daily Beast that the lead suspect is a black man, approximately six feet tall.

This valley extends for approximately three hundred and fifty miles to the borderline of Tennessee.

Forests constitute approximately three-fifths or 60% of Virginia's total land area.

Bacon and approximately four hundred planters marched to the State House at Jamestown and demanded his commission.

Approximately 216,900 persons became residents of Virginia during this decade.

While he was taking a group of approximately eighty settlers to this region, he was attacked by a band of Indians.

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