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Approximate

Approximate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Approximate? [adj] located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [adj] very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" [adj] not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [v] form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, as of quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds" [v] be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Approximate: approximative \| ballpark \| close \| close together(p) \| come close \| estimate \| gauge \| guess \| inexact \| judge \| near \| rough Related Terms \| Find terms related to Approximate: accost \| advance \| advancing \| ape \| appear like \| approach \| approaching \| appropinquate \| approximating \| approximative \| arm-in-arm \| assimilate \| attracted to \| be around \| be like \| be near \| be redolent of \| bear down on \| bear down upon \| bear resemblance \| bear up \| begin to \| bring near \| bring to mind \| burning \| call \| call to mind \| call up \| cheek-by-jowl \| close \| close in \| close with \| come \| come close \| come closer \| come forward \| come near \| come on \| come up \| coming \| comparable \| compare with \| confront \| connaturalize \| copy \| correspond \| counterfeit \| draw near \| draw nigh \| drawn to \| encounter \| estimated \| evoke \| favor \| follow \| forthcoming \| gain upon \| get warm \| hand-in-hand \| homologous \| hot \| imitate \| imminent \| imprecise \| inaccurate \| incorrect \| inexact \| intimate \| judge \| lax \| like \| look like \| loose \| match \| mimic \| mirror \| much at one \| much the same \| narrow the gap \| near \| near the mark \| nearing \| nearish \| nearly reproduce \| nearly the same \| negligent \| nigh \| nighish \| not tell apart \| oncoming \| out of line \| out of plumb \| out of square \| out of true \| parallel \| partake of \| place \| propinque \| proximal \| proximate \| put \| quasi \| reckon \| relatable \| relative \| remind one of \| resemble \| rough \| rude \| same but different \| savor of \| seem like \| side-by-side \| sidle up to \| similar \| similarize \| simulate \| smack of \| sound like \| stack up with \| step up \| suggest \| take after \| to come \| unfactual \| unprecise \| unrigorous \| upcoming \| verge on \| vicinal \| warm See Also \| approach \| assess \| border on \| calculate \| cipher \| compute \| count \| cypher \| figure \| give \| guesstimate \| lowball \| make \| misgauge \| overestimate \| overrate \| place \| put \| quantise \| quantize \| reckon \| resemble \| set \| truncate \| underestimate \| work out Approximate In Webster's Dictionary \Approx"imate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See {Proximate}.] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. 2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. {Approximate quantities} (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal. \Approx"imate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Approximated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approximating}.] 1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke. 2. To come near to; to approach. The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse. \Approx"imate\, v. i. To draw; to approach.

Approximate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Approximate?

[adj] located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
[adj] very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
[adj] not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
[v] form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, as of quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds"
[v] be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

Approximate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of
approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See
{Proximate}.]
1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
   as, approximate results or values.

{Approximate quantities} (Math.), those which are nearly, but
   not, equal.


\Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Approximated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approximating}.]
1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

         To approximate the inequality of riches to the level
         of nature.                            --Burke.

2. To come near to; to approach.

         The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.


\Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i.
To draw; to approach.

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