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approximate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | estimate, gauge, guess, judge |
| Type of | reckon, compute, cypher, figure, work out, calculate, cipher |
| Has types | quantize, reckon, set, truncate, underestimate, place, assess, count, give, guesstimate, lowball, make, misgauge, put, quantise |
| Derivation | approximative |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | come close |
| Type of | resemble |
| Has types | approach, border on |
| Derivation | approximative |
Her results approximate my own.
approximate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | close together |
approximate leaves grow together but are not united.
approximate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | near |
sketched in an approximate likeness.
approximate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | approximative, rough |
the approximate time was 10 o'clock.
Examples of approximate
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The external skull measurements were only approximate estimates of brain volume.
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The respective phenotypes and approximate time observed are shown in the middle.
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This procedure is approximate, since we neglected states outside the D subspace.
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In models of this type numerical methods provide approximate theoretical prices.
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Approximate acres of state and private woodland burned annually by forest fires.
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The USGS uses a spherical harmonic expansion to approximate the earth's surface.
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Note, the curvatures and spacing in the lens block diagrams are all approximate.
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The craft has determined Itokawa's size, shape, density and approximate makeup.
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Rate listed is approximate so all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
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- Be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
- Not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
- Estimate: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- Very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
- Located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
- (approximately) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000" ...
- (approximation) estimate: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
- (approximation) the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
- (approximation) an imprecise or incomplete account; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events"
