Defenition of the word approximate
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Defenition of the word approximate
- To come near to; to move towards.
- To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
- Not quite exact or correct.
- not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough estimate"
- located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
- be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
- very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
- form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds"
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o''clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- be close or similar
- located close together
- very close in resemblance
- not quite exact or correct
Synonyms for the word approximate
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- approximative
- close together
- come close
- estimate
- gauge
- guess
- judge
- near
- rough
Similar words in the approximate
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- close
- inexact
- lowball
- overestimate
- overrate
- underestimate
Hyponyms for the word approximate
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- approach
- assess
- border on
- count
- give
- guesstimate
- lowball
- make
- misgauge
- place
- put
- quantise
- quantize
- reckon
- set
- truncate
- underestimate
Hypernyms for the word approximate
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- calculate
- cipher
- compute
- cypher
- figure
- reckon
- resemble
- work out
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