Approximate

/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/ · adjective

Meaning

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling..

Definitions by Sense

1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
3. (botany) Drawn close together, but not united.
4. (rare) An approximate result or quantity.
5. (ambitransitive) To estimate.
6. (transitive) To come near to; to approach.
7. (transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Example Sentences

approximate results or values

NASA’s Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.

As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.

When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.

The telescope approximates perfection.

to approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature

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Word Forms

• more approximate
• most approximate
• approx.
• approximates
• approximating
• approximated

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