English to English
approximate
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adjective (a)
- Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- not quite exact or correct(adj.all)Example:
The approximate time was 10 o'clock.
source: wordnet30 - very close in resemblance(adj.all)Example:
Sketched in an approximate likeness.
source: wordnet30 - located close together(adj.all)Example:
Approximate leaves grow together but are not united.
source: wordnet30
verb (v)
- be close or similar(verb.stative)Example:
Her results approximate my own.
source: wordnet30 - To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.(verb)source: webster1913
- To draw; to approach.(verb)source: webster1913