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approximate

app·ro·xi·mate

UK/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt/ US/əˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt/ uncommon rare
verb (2) adjective (3)

verb

1.

be close or similar

  • “Her results approximate my own”
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2.

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

  • “I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds”
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adjective

1.

not quite exact or correct

  • “the approximate time was 10 o”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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2.

very close in resemblance

  • “sketched in an approximate likeness”
  • “a near likeness”
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3.

located close together

  • “with heads close together”
  • “approximate leaves grow together but are not united”
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Origin

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”).

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