APPROXIMATE
\ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət], \ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət], \ɐ_p_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_s_ɪ_m_ə_t]\
Definitions of APPROXIMATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
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located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
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not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
By Princeton University
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be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
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located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
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not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
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Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
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To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
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To come near to; to approach.
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To draw; to approach.
By Oddity Software
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Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
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Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
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To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
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To come near to; to approach.
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To draw; to approach.
By Noah Webster.
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To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
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Approaching; nearly correct; of the teeth, close together; of leaves, close to the stem; of quantities, nearly but not absolutely equal.
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To come near; to approach. See Proximate.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To come close to; to cause to approach.
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To approach closely; to be nearly equal.
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Near in resemblance or position; almost equal; nearly correct.
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Approximately.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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In dentistry: 1. Proximate, noting the contact surfaces, either mesial (proximal) or distal, of two adjacent teeth. 2. Close together, noting the teeth in the human jaw, as distinguished from the separated teeth in certain of the lower animals.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
