Approximate

Quick meaning: Approximate is an adjective meaning Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Meaning

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

approximate results or values

The telescope approximates perfection.

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

to approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature

Word Forms

• approximates
• approximating
• approximated

Synonyms for approximate

Depending on context, synonyms include close, crude, rough, gauge, near, judge.

Antonyms for approximate

Common opposites include exact, precise.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include near, approximative, estimate, guess, close, judge.

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