Definition of approximates in English

Part of speech

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approximates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of approximate (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb approximates, approximating, approximated
approximate - be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
		come close
		resemble appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"
		border on, approach come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"
approximate - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
		estimate, gauge, guess, judge
		compute, cipher, cypher, figure, calculate, reckon, work out understand; "He didn't figure her"
		overrate, overestimate make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"
		lowball, underestimate make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
		quantise, quantize apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize gravity"
		misgauge gauge something incorrectly or improperly
		put, place, set attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
		give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
		lowball, underestimate make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
		assess estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
		make act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"
		reckon, count take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
		truncate make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
		guesstimate estimate based on a calculation
Adjective
approximate - not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
		approximative, rough
		inexact not exact
approximate - located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
		close together
approximate - very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
		near

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Wiktionary

approximate (Verb)
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
approximate (Verb)
To come near to; to approach.
approximate (Verb)
To estimate.
approximate (Adjective)
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
approximate (Adjective)
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

approximate (a.)
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
approximate (a.)
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
approximate (v. t.)
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
approximate (v. t.)
To come near to; to approach.
approximate (v. i.)
To draw; to approach.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

approximate
To arrive near to (in place)
approximate
To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
approximate
Not quite exact or correct.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

approximate
ap-proks′im-āt, adj. nearest or next: approaching correctness.—v.t. to bring near.—v.i. to come near, to approach.—adv. Approx′imately.—n. Approximā′tion, an approach: a result in mathematics not rigorously exact, but so near the truth as to be sufficient for a given purpose.—adj. Approx′imative, approaching closely. [L. approximāre, -atum—ad, to, proximus, nearest, superl. of prope, near.]