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English to English adjective
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Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
| 2 |
not quite exact or correct |
• the approximate time was 10 o'clock
• a rough guess
• a ballpark estimate
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
very close in resemblance |
• sketched in an approximate likeness
• a near likeness
source: wordnet30 Example:
• with heads close together
• approximate leaves grow together but are not united
source: wordnet30 verb Example:
• Her results approximate my own
source: wordnet30
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) |
• I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
source: wordnet30
| 7 |
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. | source: webster1913 source: webster1913
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