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approximate English

Meaning approximate meaning

What does approximate mean?
Definitions in simple English

approximate Adjective

— An approximate number, length, time, etc. is close to the real one but may not be equal to it. "How many people are on the team." "I'm not sure, but I can give you an approximate number. If we knew when he left here, it might help us identify the approximate time of death.

approximate Verb

— be or become near a value, position, or characteristic Computers are getting better at approximating human speech. Women's in the company have approximated to male salaries.

approximate

— verb be close or similar Her results approximate my own — adjective (= rough) not quite exact or correct the approximate time was 10 o'clock a rough guess a ballpark estimate — verb (= estimate, judge) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds — adjective (= close together) located close together with heads close together approximate leaves grow together but are not united — adjective (= near) very close in resemblance sketched in an approximate likeness a near likeness

Synonyms approximate synonyms

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approximate English » English

rough estimate near guess approximative approach proximate conjecture speculate judge gauge close together approximation presume make inexact imprecise guesstimate evaluate compare come near come close calculate be almost the same as assess appraise alike adjacent about vicinal verge on verge value valuate undetermined unclear touch at tentative take stock suppose some sloppy similar sanction roughly review resembling regard referee reckon

Topics approximate topics

What do people use approximate to talk about?
States Quantity All Exact

Approximate
States Time

Indefinite time

Conjugation approximate conjugation

How do you conjugate approximate?

approximate · verb

Examples approximate examples

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Simple sentences

All numbers are approximate.
This is all very approximate.

Movie subtitles

We even know the approximate date that you're scheduled to die.
Heels together and your toes apart. At the approximate angle of 45 degrees.
The approximate position-- may I, sir?
If we could approximate the tons with which this hits the ship.
Measurements, approximate weight and so forth.
Maybe I could give you an approximate figure.
Flock of bogeys at 20,000. coming into target area, approximate heading 1-4-0.
We got the landing places and the approximate date out of him.
Approximate speed, Mach 3.
What's the approximate total?
I believe I can approximate Just when to jump, perhaps within a month of the correct time.
I believe I can approximate just when to jump.
Approximate age: Four billion years.
I think we can estimate its approximate completion time.
You forced your way in and helped yourself to certain jewelry to the approximate value of 400,000 francs.
At the approximate angle of 45 degrees.
Where's the cave? The approximate position-- may I, sir?
The approximate size of a visa stamp.
A great effort has been made to adhere to the chronological events of this action, but due to the poor visibility we are only able to approximate positions.
Can you tell us your approximate location?
Uh, no, not yet, but Bob just gave us approximate lead.
Approximate time of death was noon.
We can estimate its approximate completion time.
I'll give you the approximate height.
If any boy has forgotten and thinks his parents may wish to attend his interview, then he can consult the list on the main notice board for the approximate times.
Approximate speed: Mach three.
These are their approximate locations.
It's approximate position is.
Our mineral scanners have located what we believe is the approximate site of the old mining expedition.
The doctor can give us the approximate time and how she was killed. Which I know.
Even though we do not know what we are looking for, we do know the approximate value of the weed itself.
Sensors report alien craft. approximate bearing 4-9-0-3, approaching.
Atmosphere and gravity approximate closely to Earth normal.
If you can imagine the impact on your chest of three bowling balls dropped from a height of about 9 feet, you might begin to approximate the sensation.
You'll pardon me for pointing this out, sir, but the virtue of the plan is that there is no need to approximate the look or manner of Mr Fink-Nottle.
The servo-mechanisms in my neck are designed to approximate human movements.

News and current affairs

Even so, the country must now, year after year, increase its military expenses so that it can begin to approximate NATO standards.
Regulators need to know just how many banks are in trouble and approximate how bad their situations are in order to design and implement targeted solutions.
Nowadays, with computers, we can approximate the trajectory as closely as we want.
But that is the point: most physicists and students have lost sight of the distinction between the approximate and the exact.
Or they hesitate to use it approvingly, as a desirable ideal that social reality should at least approximate.
This type of cross-utilization has proceeded farthest in newer industries, such as biotechnology, which already offer post-doctoral positions that approximate conditions in universities.
The characters' lines (all quotes are approximate) are those that never pierce the bubble of American self-regard with respect to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Part of the difficulty of exposing this narrowness is that there is a family split among neo-classical economists between those who believe that real-world market economies approximate perfect competition and those who don't.

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