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Definition of approximate
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
- located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
- very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
- not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o''clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
Similar Words: estimate,
gauge,
guess,
judge,
come close,
close together(p),
near,
approximative,
rough
See Also: overestimate,
overrate,
lowball,
underestimate
Hyponyms: quantize,
quantise,
misgauge,
place,
put,
set,
give,
lowball,
underestimate,
assess,
make,
reckon,
count,
truncate,
guesstimate,
border on,
approach
Derivational Morphology:
evaluator,
judge,
judgment,
judgement,
judging,
guess,
conjecture,
supposition,
surmise,
surmisal,
speculation,
hypothesis,
guesser,
estimate,
appraisal,
estimation,
approximation,
idea
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