Approximate

Definition: Approximate

Approximate

Adjective

1. Not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate".

2. Very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness".

3. Located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united".

Verb

1. Be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own".

2. Form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "approximate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references)

Health

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Synonyms: Approximate

Approach

Verb: approach, approximate, appropinquate; near; get near, go near, draw near; come to close quarters, come near; move towards, set in towards; drift; make up to; gain upon; pursue; tread on the heels of; bear up; make the land; hug the shore, hug the land.

Nearness

Verb: be near; Adjective: adjoin, hang about, trench on; border upon, verge upon; stand by, approximate, tread on the heels of, cling to, clasp, hug; huddle; hang upon the skirts of, hover over; burn.

Similarity

Verb: be similar; Adjective: look like, resemble, bear resemblance; smack of, savor of; approximate; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate; favor, span.

Render similar; Adjective: assimilate, approximate, bring near; connaturalize, make alike; rhyme, pun.

Approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing.

Crosswords: Approximate

Books

• Approximate Analysis of Randomly Excited Non-Linear Controls (reference)

• Approximate Distributions of Order Statistics: With Applications to Nonparametric Statistics (Springer Series in Statistics) (reference)

• Approximate Man, and Other Writings (reference)

• Approximate Methods and Numerical Analysis for Elliptic Complex Equation (Asian Mathematics) (reference)

• Approximate Solution Methods in Engineering Mechanics (reference)

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Periodicals

• International Journal Of Approximate Reasoning (reference)

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Music

• Approximate Love Boat (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Route map showing the routes of Shackleton and Amundsen in the quest for the . Pole. Titled: "Approximate bird's eye view, drawn from the first telegraphic account." In: "The South Pole", by Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928. Volume I, page 1, Library Call Number M82.1/99 A529s . Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Key Island After -- Australia n pines were removed from the coastal strand adjacent to the beach. Approximate ly 8,000 native plants, comprising 15 different species, were reintroduced to the island's scrub and hammock habitats, and many other native plants have recolonized naturally. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Artist's conception by Bruno Figallo, October 1948, showing the ship's approximate planned configuration as of that time. Many details, among them the location of smoke stacks, elevators and the retractable bridge, were then still not finally decided. This carrier was laid down at Newport News, Virginia, on 18 April 1949 and cancelled by the Secretary of Defense a few days later. Credit: NAVY.

Geometric figure of earth, sun, and moon calculated by Aristarchus to approximate real scale of the solar system. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Even in the North, the conditions of public education did not approximate those existing today. (reference)

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Five millions is the most moderate of the approximate figures which the estimates of special science give

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Health

Thus, the approximate number of new patients in the United States each year in the conventionally defined high-risk group is 55,000 colon cancer patients and 20,000 rectal cancer patients. (references)

Business

Advertising rates generally approximate those of large international cities. (references)

LMDS, offering greater bandwidth and speed has an approximate cost of $2,000 per subscriber. (references)

U.S. firms have an estimated approximate 30-35 percent share of the total computer services market. (references)

Economic History

Turkey

The following data gives the approximate market size for ACE services. (references)

Latvia

The approximate amount of annual timber harvest is 8.3 million cubic meters. (references)

Saudi Arabia

American products, seen as top of the market, hold an approximate 66% market share. (references)

Political Economy

SPAIN

Spanish patent, copyright, and trademark laws all approximate or exceed EU levels of intellectual property protection. (references)

SOUTH AFRICA

Unions in South Africa have an approximate membership of 3.3 million or 31 percent of those employed in the wage economy. (references)

Kuwait

In approximate terms, within a total population of 2.2 million there are 860,000 citizens and a large middle class; 36,000 upper-income households reportedly have liquid assets in excess of $500,000. Citizens enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world, and receive subsidized housing, childcare, food allowances, and free education. (references)

Trade

Sri Lanka

The national security levy on imports is determined after the CIF value, plus import duties, have been marked up by an additional 25 percent to reflect the approximate market price. (references)

Travel

Oman

These dates are approximate. (references)

Nicaragua

Approximate cost per minute is 26 U.S. cents. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "approximate": approximate absolute temperature scale ♦ Approximate quantities ♦ approximate range ♦ approximate to ♦ approximate value. Additional references.

Afrikaans

benader (approach). (various references)

Albanian

afrohem (advance, approach, border on, close in, close on, come close, come closer, come on, draw near, gain on, impend, make up, near, nigh, verge), që ngjan (affined), i përafërt (rough). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متقارب (convergent), ‏قارب (bark, boat, border, canoe, dinghy, ship, skiff), ‏تقريبي (sacrificial). (various references)

Bulgarian 

приблизително верен, приблизителен (approximative, near, proximate, round, rude), приближавам се (approach, converge, draw near, drive up, pull in, walk up). (various references)

Chinese 

近似 (Analogous, Approximative), 概 (general), 大概 (about, probably, rough, roughly). (various references)

Czech

přibližný (crude), přiblížit (bring near). (various references)

Danish

approksimal- (rough), approksimal. (various references)

Dutch

benaderen (approach). (various references)

Esperanto

proksimuma, kalkuli proksimume. (various references)

Farsi 

نزدیک کردن , نزدیک امدن (Approach), تقریبی (Proximate). (various references)

Finnish

arvionmukainen (rough), ylimalkainen (casual, general, haphazard, rough), likimääräinen (rough). (various references)

French

approximatif, ressembler � , rapprocher de, proche de, peu près de, environ (approximately), être proche (approach). (various references)

German

annähernd (about, abroad, almost, approx, approximately, rough, roughly). (various references)

Greek 

κατά προσέγγιση (about), προσεγγίζω (approach, touch at, verge, verge on), περίπου (about, approximately, circa, in the region of, opus so, or so, pretty much, some), πλησιάζων (oncoming, stalker), πλησιάζω (accost, approach, close in, close with, come up to, draw on, near, step up). (various references)

Hebrew 

מקורב (familiar, favourite, proximal), לשער (assume, conjecture, suppose, surmise), ל�"תקרב (approach, draw near, near), ערך משוער, בקרוב ל-. (various references)

Hungarian

megközelítő (proximate, rough, rough estimate), közelítő (impending, oncoming), hozzávetőleges (at a rough estimate, on a rough estimate, rough, rough estimate). (various references)

Italian

approssimato (proximate), approssimativo (imprecise, rough, sketchy, superficial). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

近似値 (approximation), 近似 (proximate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

き�"じち (approximation), き�"じ (attendance upon another, attendant, gold or gilt letters, proximate, recent events, recently). (various references)

Korean 

대략 (Approximately). (various references)

Manx

faggyssagh. (various references)

Norwegian

omtrentlig. (various references)

Pig Latin

approximateay.(various references)

Portuguese

aproximado (near, proximate). (various references)

Romanian

aproximativ (about, approx., approximately, approximative, at a rough estimate, circa, general, much, near, nearly, or so, quasi, rough, roughly, round, roundabout, some, thereabouts), aproxima (estimate), apropia (accede, approach, bring near), se apropia (advance, approach, brew, close in, close up, come, come on, draw, draw near, draw on, drive up, near), fi aproape de (border, verge). (various references)

Russian 

находящийся близко, аппроксимировать приближенный (aproximate), приблизительный (broad-brush), приближаться (approach, approached, aproached, converge, draw near, near, nigh, verge), почти равняться. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

aproksimativan, približno odgovarati, približiti se (approach, bring closer, get on to, near), približan (rough, round). (various references)

Spanish

aproximado (close, loose, proximate, rough). (various references)

Swedish

ungefärlig (about, approximately, rough, rough and ready). (various references)

Turkish

andırmak (approach, flavor of, flavour of, imitate, partake, remind, remind of, savor of, savour of), yaklaşmak (approach, be pushing, bear down on, close, come close to, come near, come on, come up, converge, draw, draw close, draw near, draw on, get hotter, get warmer, go on for, near, push, step up, verge, walk up, walk up to), yaklaşık (about, approximative, circa, just about, proximate, rough, some, well nigh), yakın (adjacent, akin, akin to, at hand, by, close, close to, close-rage, connate, connected, connection, connexion, contiguous, convenient, familiar, handy, hard, hard by, immediate, imminent, inseparable, intimate, near, near at hand, nigh, not far, pending, proximate, relative, thick, within reach, within walking distance), benzer (alike, analogic, analogical, analogous, analogue, closely, conformable, congener, congenerous, connate, correlative, counterpart, double, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, homologous, image, in common, indistinguishable, kindred, like, look alike, match, of a piece, parallel, same, similar, simulant, stand in, vicinal), benzemek (appear, approach, be similar, bear resemblance to, compare, correspond, dovetail, Favor, favour, have an air of, have resemblance to, look alike, look like, match, mimic, promise, remind, remind of, resemble, resemble smb. in looks, seem, take after, take on, throw back). (various references)

Ukrainian

схожий (affined, akin, alike, analogous, cognate, compatible, like, near, resemblant, similar), наближений (approximative), наближатися (approach, appropinquate, be anear, come near, draw, near, nigh, verge, wear), наближати (advance, anticipate, appropinquate), зближувати, бути приблизно точним, близький (agnate, akin, allied, congenial, contiguous, familiar, intimate, near, nearby, neighbor, neighbour, nigh), приблизно точний, приблизний (approximative, proximate, round). (various references)

Vietnamese 

giống hệt với xấp xỉ, gần đúng rất gần nhau, $approximate to$ giống với. (various references)

Welsh

agosa/u (approach, draw near), agos (almost, near, nigh). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "approximate": approximated, approximately, approximates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Approximate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appoximate, approxiate, approxicate, approximae, approximatel, approximaty, approxiomate, approxmate, aproximat, aproximate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ametropia, proximate.

-3 letters: expiator, toxaemia.

-4 letters: amirate, apteria, emporia, meropia, pampero, parapet, periapt, premixt, primate, toxemia.

-5 letters: amrita, aortae, appear, armpit, export, imaret, impart, import, mapper, matrix, mopier, mopper, moppet, opiate, optima, optime, pamper, paramo, permit, pirate, potpie, preamp, premix, pretax, prompt, protea, protei, ramate, remixt, tamari, tamper, tapper, tipper, topper, trompe.

+1 letter: approximated, approximates.

+2 letters: approximately, approximative.