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Approximate : adj
1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
approximative, rough]
2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate
likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: near]
3: located close together; "with heads close together";
"approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
[syn: close together(p)]
(verb)
1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn:
come close]
2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
[syn: estimate, gauge, guess, judge]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Approximate : \Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of
approximare to approach; ad _ proximare to come near. See
Proximate.]
1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
as, approximate results or values.
Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but
not, equal.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Approximate : \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Approximated; p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]
1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
To approximate the inequality of riches to the level
of nature. --Burke.
2. To come near to; to approach.
The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Approximate : \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i.
To draw; to approach.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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