Approximate can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| approximate - not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" | ||
| approximate - located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" | ||
| approximate - very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" | ||
Verb |
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| approximate - be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" | ||
| approximate - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
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| 1. | verb | Her results approximate my own. | |
| 2. | adj. | The approximate time was 10 o'clock. | |
| 3. | adj. | Approximate leaves grow together but are not united. | |
| 4. | adj. | Sketched in an approximate likeness. | |
| 5. | adj. | = Approximate number of policy changes and regulation rollbacks injurious to the environment that have been announced by the Bush administration on Fridays after 5pm, a time that makes it all but impossible for news organisations to relay the information to the widest possible audience. | |
| 6. | adj. | Approximate Number of countries (out of a total of 191 recognised by the United Nations) with a US military presence. | |
| 7. | adj. | I called and asked about the price for hair updo and the receptionist or owner who aswered the phone refused to tell me, or even just give me an approximate price range. | |
| 8. | adj. | What's their approximate worth? | |
| 9. | adj. | His witness is approximate to the truth. | |
| 10. | adj. | We can only know her approximate age. | |
| 11. | adj. | While the car driver obtains an approximate view of a blooming meadow the city cyclist notices the different colors and scents of the blossoms, the smell of freshly mown grass, the swoosh of leaves of a chestnut tree, the sunlight twinkling through trees shimmering green in springtime. | |
| 12. | adj. | This will give you an approximate idea of the situation. | |
| 13. | adj. | This is only an approximate value. | |
| 14. | adj. | All numbers are approximate. | |
| 15. | adj. | The finite element method enables us to find approximate solutions of partial differential equations. | |
| 16. | adj. | This is all very approximate. |
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| Her results approximate my own. |
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| adj. | |
| The approximate time was 10 o'clock. |
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| Approximate leaves grow together but are not united. |
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| Sketched in an approximate likeness. |
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| = Approximate number of policy changes and regulation rollbacks injurious to the environment that have been announced by the Bush administration on Fridays after 5pm, a time that makes it all but impossible for news organisations to relay the information to the widest possible audience. |
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| Approximate Number of countries (out of a total of 191 recognised by the United Nations) with a US military presence. |
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| I called and asked about the price for hair updo and the receptionist or owner who aswered the phone refused to tell me, or even just give me an approximate price range. |
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| What's their approximate worth? | |
| His witness is approximate to the truth. | |
| We can only know her approximate age. | |
| While the car driver obtains an approximate view of a blooming meadow the city cyclist notices the different colors and scents of the blossoms, the smell of freshly mown grass, the swoosh of leaves of a chestnut tree, the sunlight twinkling through trees shimmering green in springtime. | |
| This will give you an approximate idea of the situation. | |
| This is only an approximate value. | |
| All numbers are approximate. | |
| The finite element method enables us to find approximate solutions of partial differential equations. | |
| This is all very approximate. | |