approximate
Plural: approximates
Verb
- be close or similar
- "Her results approximate my own"
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
- To estimate.
- To come near to; to approach.
- To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
Adjective Satellite
- not quite exact or correct
- "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"
- very close in resemblance
- "sketched in an approximate likeness"
- located close together
- "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
Adj
- Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
- Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
- Drawn close together, but not united.
Noun
- An approximate result or quantity.
Examples
- approximate results or values
- I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.
- NASA’s Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English approximat(e) (“close, near (to); similar; intimate”, also used as the past participle of approximaten), from Latin approximātus, the perfect passive participle of approximō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + proximō (“to come near”). The nouns was derived from the adjective through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). See also proximate.
Synonyms
approximative, close together, come close, estimate, gauge, guess, judge, near, rough, close
Scrabble Score: 24
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