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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"
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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