Approximately

Definition: Approximately

Approximately

Adverb

1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party".

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

Date "approximately" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Approximately

Nearness

About; hereabouts, thereabouts; roughly, in round numbers; approximately, approximatively; as good as, well-nigh.

Qualification

Approximately in a limited degree (smallness); somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak.

The odds of successfully surviving an attack on an Imperial Star Destroyer are approximately (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett)

I was in the jungle - the bush we called it - for approximately nine months (The In-Laws; writing credit: Andrew Bergman)

Based on this morning's reading, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

The asteroid has an irregular shape but we've calculated its length from end to end to be approximately 137 km. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

I said approximately. (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory: A Comprehensive Guide Offering Industry Details on Approximately 27,000 Wholesalers and distributors (reference)

• Approximately Nowhere (reference)

• Approximately Paradise (The University of Central Florida Contemporary Poetry Series) (reference)

• Approximately Part of Me (reference)

• Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory: A Guide to Approximately 30,000 New and Established Organizations, Agencies, and public (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Approximately (reference)

• Approximately Infinite Universe (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The image is of a mouse cDNA microarray containing approximately 8,700 gene sequences (derived from the Incyte GEM1 clone set) printed at the NCI Microarray Facility (Advanced Technology Center, Gaithersburg). It reflects the gene expression differences between two different mouse tissues. Credit: Dr. Jason Kang, NCI.

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever is a tickborne hemorrhagic fever with documented person-to-person transmission, and a case-fatality rate of approximately 30%. This widespread virus has been found in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and eastern Europe. Credit: CDC.

In 2000, 358,995 cases of gonorrhea were reported to the CDC. In the United States, approximately 75 percent of all reported cases of gonorrhea are found in younger persons aged 15 to 29 years. Credit: CDC.

Malaspina Glacier 6 to 8 miles away with Mt. St. Elias towering over all Mt. St. Elias approximately 30 miles distant. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Map from NOAA Exclusive Economic Zone Mapping Project Mitchell Basin map showing small portion of Sigsbee Escarpment Image is 30 nautical miles by approximately 50 nautical miles. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Flattery Rocks, approximately 12 nautical miles south of Cape Flattery. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory . By George Davidson, 1869. P. 177. Library Call Number VK947.D4 1869. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Huge surf breaking a 1/4 mile offshore. Approximately 30-40 miles north of Santa Cruz. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Pancake ice as seen from the bridge of the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Largest pancake is approximately four feet across. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Boat rigged for pole and line fishing. Note live bait tanks on deck fore and aft of pilot house. Poles of varying size are secured in vertical position ready for fishing. The largest poles are rigged to the pulley system that can be seen approximately 5 meters above the deck. Credit: Fisheries.

Sea surface from approximately 500 feet altitude in 60 knots wind speed in Hurricane Emmy. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The boundaries of East Prussia, with the reservations made in Section IX (East Prussia) of Part III, will be determined as follows: from a point on the coast of the Baltic Sea about 1 1/2 kilometres north of Probbernau church in a direction of about 159° East from true North: a line to be fixed on the ground for about 2 kilometres; thence in a straight line to the light at the bend of the Elbing Channel in approximately latitude 54° 19 1/2' North, longitude 19° 26' East of Greenwich; thence to the easternmost mouth of the Nogat River at a bearing of approximately 209° East from true North; thence up the course of the Nogat River to the point where the latter leaves the Vistula (Weichsel);thence up the principal channel of navigation of the Vistula, then the southern boundary of the Kreis of Marienwerder, then that of the Kreis of Rosenberg eastwards to the point where it meets the old boundary of East Prussia, thence the old boundary between East and West Prussia, then the boundary between the Kreise of Osterode and Neidenburg, then the course of the river Skottau downstream, then the course of the Neide upstream to a point situated about 5 kilometres west of Bialutten being the nearest point to the old frontier of Russia; thence in an easterly direction to a point immediately south of the intersection of the road Neidenburg-Mlava with the old frontier of Russia: a line to be fixed on the ground passing north of Bialutten; thence the old frontier of Russia to a point east of Schmalleningken, then the principal channel of navigation of the Niemen (Memel) downstream, then the Skierwieth arm of the delta to the Kurisches Haff; thence a straight line to the point where the eastern shore of the Kurische Nehrung meets the administrative boundary about 4 kilometres south-west of Nidden; thence this administrative boundary to the western shore of the Kurische Nehrung. (reference)

For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman's attending physician. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The 1-year survival rate is approximately 60 percent. (references)

This represents approximately 15 percent of patients. (references)

Death usually occurs approximately 10 years after onset. (references)

Business

Have approximately 40% of the market. (references)

Its FY 2001 budget was approximately US$3.6 billion. (references)

Today there are approximately 40 licensed companies. (references)

Children

Seychelles

In the previous year, approximately 2,850 cases were presented to the Tribunal. (references)

Afghanistan

Female literacy is approximately 4 percent, compared with 30 percent for males. (references)

Sweden

Parents receive approximately $1,000 per year for each child under 16 years of age. (references)

Civil Liberties

United Kingdom

Police arrested approximately 30 demonstrators. (references)

Tajikistan

An exit visa costs approximately $6 (15.6 Somoni). (references)

Morocco

Each was fined approximately $900 (10,000 dirhams). (references)

Discrimination

Bhutan

Bhutanese human rights groups active outside the country claim that ethnic Nepalese actually make up approximately 35 percent of the country's population and that the Government underreports their number. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

Population: Approximately 128 million. (references)

Israel

Hapoalim has assets of approximately $53 billion. (references)

Human Rights

Cuba

These actions lasted approximately 30 minutes. (references)

Mexico

Women make up approximately 4.4 percent of the prison population. (references)

Colombia

Two persons were killed and approximately 81 persons were injured. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

Aboriginals make up approximately 2.8 percent of the population. (references)

Chile

The Mapuches, from the south, account for approximately 930,000 of this total. (references)

Colombia

INCORA reports that approximately 80 percent of these lands have been demarcated. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

They represent approximately 3.5 percent of the population. (references)

Tajikistan

Ethnic Uzbeks make up approximately a quarter of the population. (references)

Bangladesh

The army arrived to investigate approximately 10 hours after the blast. (references)

Political Economy

Romania

Its population is approximately 22.4 million. (references)

Dominican Republic

Gross domestic product was approximately $2,100 per capita. (references)

Armenia

Women account for approximately 60 percent of the unemployed. (references)

Political Rights

Armenia

Kocharian won the second round by approximately 290,000 votes. (references)

Mexico

Women hold approximately 14 percent of the seats in the Congress. (references)

Kazakhstan

Of the more than 600 other candidates, approximately half ran as independents. (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

Foreigners hold approximately 73% of the total banking capital. (references)

Nepal

One dollar is currently equivalent to approximately 75 Nepali rupees. (references)

Kazakhstan

Total financing for these future projects is approximately $425 million. (references)

Travel

Peru

This process takes approximately three days. (references)

Cape Verde

Exchange rate is approximately CVE 100.00 for USD 1.00. (references)

Vietnam

Office space rents at approximately US $20 per square meter. (references)

Women

Malawi

Male literacy in the same age group is approximately 45 percent. (references)

Zimbabwe

The organization addressed approximately 2,400 cases during the year. (references)

Indonesia

The high maternal mortality rate is approximately 18,000 deaths per year. (references)

Worker Rights

India

By late 2000, approximately 260 children had been enrolled. (references)

Yugoslavia

This law covered approximately 50 percent of all employees. (references)

Sri Lanka

The rate is approximately $1.42 (114 rupees) per day in agriculture. (references)

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

Ending with "approximately": Sdrs--approximately.

Afrikaans

sowat (about), so (about, like this, look, so, such, that, that way, thus), omtrent (about), by benadering (about). (various references)

Albanian

afërsisht (about, around, roughly, somewhere, thereabout, thereabouts), përafërsisht. (various references)

Arabic 

‏زهاء تقريبا, ‏على وجه التقريب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

горе-долу (fairly, good enough, in the rough, indifferently, much, pretty, roughly, so so, sort of), приблизително (about, at a rough guess, much, near, nearly, roughly, round about, some, something like, somewhere about), почти (about, almost, half, like, near, nearly, next to, nigh, on, practically, say, something like, virtually, well nigh). (various references)

Chinese 

近似地 (analogously), 近 (close, near), 約莫 (about, around), 約 (agreement, appointment, to arrange, to restrict, weigh), 左右 (about, around, left and right), 大致 (more or less, roughly), 大約 (about). (various references)

Czech

přibližnì (about, circa, or so, roughly, some). (various references)

Danish

omtrent (about). (various references)

Dutch

ongeveer (about, abroad, around, round, towards), een stuk of (about), circa (about). (various references)

Esperanto

proksimume (about). (various references)

Faeroese

um leið (about), næstan (about, almost, nearly). (various references)

Finnish

arviolta (at a rough estimate, roughly), arviokaupalla (at random), suunnilleen (about, much, nearly, some, something like), noin (about, around, circa), likimain (about, very nearly), likimäärin (roughly). (various references)

French

environ (approximate), à peu près. (various references)

Frisian

sawat (about), neistenby (about). (various references)

German

ungefähr (about, about much, abroad, almost, approximate, around, general, nearly, peradventure, rather, rough, roughly, similarly, some, vaguely), etwa (about, abroad, perhaps, some), annähernd (about, abroad, almost, approx, approximate, rough, roughly). (various references)

Greek 

στα περίπου, περίπου (about, approximate, circa, in the region of, opus so, or so, pretty much, some). (various references)

Hawaiian

afërsisht (about). (various references)

Hebrew 

בערך (about, around, offhand, roughly, thereabouts). (various references)

Hungarian

körülbelül (about, around, circa, in the neighbourhood of, in the vicinity of sg, or so, round, some, something like, towards, vicinity), hozzávetőlegesen, hozzávetőleg. (various references)

Indonesian

agak (kind of, rather), kira-kira (about, around, thereabouts). (various references)

Irish

timpeall (around). (various references)

Italian

circa (about, concerning, just about, more or less, on, or so, round, some, someplace, somewhere), verso (about, at, by, call, cry, direction, grimace, line, meter, metre, near, poetry, reverse, to, toward, towards, unto, verse, verso). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

凡そ (about, as a rule, roughly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くらい , やく (about, advantage, bad luck, being beneficial, benefit, disaster, evil, gain, misfortune, position, profit, role, service, some, to bake, to be envious of, to be jealous of, to grill, use), むりょ, ころ (about, time, toward), ごろ (about, euphony, grounder, the sound, the sound or euphony of a sentence, time, toward), ほぼ (almost, roughly), けい (about, beheading, group, incline, knight, lean, light, lineage, lord, penalty, plan, punishment, sentence, state minister, strong, system, ten quadrillion, thorn, thousand billion, time, toward, whip), うちそと (domestic and foreign, inside and outside, interior and exterior), たいりゃく (excellent plan, outline), ぐらい , そこら (around there, everywhere, somewhere, that area), ないがい (domestic and foreign, inside and outside, interior and exterior), ぜんご (about that, around, before and after, before and behind, context, finishing up carefully, front and back, giving careful thought to the future, longitudinal, nearly, throughout), およそ (about, as a rule, roughly), おおよそ (about, as a rule, roughly), ばかり (just, merely, nothing but, only). (various references)

Korean 

대략 (Approximate). (various references)

Lombard

all'incirca (about). (various references)

Malay

lebih kurang (about). (various references)

Papiamen

aproksimadamente (about). (various references)

Pig Latin

approximatelyay.(various references)

Portuguese

aproximadamente (about, circa, nearly, so, thereabout), cerca (about, cincture, close, corral, fence, hedge, inclosure, zariba). (various references)

Romanian

aproximativ (about, approx., approximate, approximative, at a rough estimate, circa, general, much, near, nearly, or so, quasi, rough, roughly, round, roundabout, some, thereabouts), aproape (about, afar, all but, almost, anigh, as good as, at one's elbow, at the point of, close, close by, close upon, far, far away, hard, immediately, just about, little or nothing, near, near by, nearby, nearly, neighbor, neighbour, nigh, remotely, some, soon, thereabouts), tot (all, altogether, entire, equally, everything, integer, integral, likewise, livelong, long, overall, whole), circa (about, roundabout, thereabouts), cam (a little, about, around, circa, pretty, rather, roundabout, some, somewhat, somewhere, thereabouts, to some extent). (various references)

Russian 

приблизительно (about, abt about, approx approximately, approx., aprox, aproximately, at a guess, by eye, cca circa, circa, close on, in a rough way, nearly, roughly, some, something like). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

približno (about, approximate to, around, closely, roughly, round), otprilike (about, around, circa, perchance, some, thereabouts), okruglo (around), odoka (roughly). (various references)

Spanish

aproximadamente (about, around, just about, loosely, on the order of, rough, roughly, some, thereabouts), apróximadamente (about), cerca de (about, against, around, at, beside, by, close to, near, near to, nearby, next to, nigh), a eso de (about, around). (various references)

Swahili

hivi (these). (various references)

Swedish

ungefär (about, in the rough, some), cirka (about, circa, circle). (various references)

Tagalog

halos (about). (various references)

Turkish

aşağı yukarı (about, approximative, around, circa, close on, in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, in the rough, just about, more or less, nigh, pretty much, rough, roughly, roundly, some, something like, sub-, thereabout, to and fro, tolerably), yaklaşık olarak (almost, as nearly as I can tell, in the neighborhood of, in the neighbourhood of, near, roundly, something like, thereabout, thereabouts), takriben (about, circa, in the rough, nearly, some), tahminen (pro forma, roughly). (various references)

Ukrainian

наближено, майже (about, all but, almost, anear, as good as, but, half, hard upon, just about, much, near, nearby, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, nighly, practically, quasi, quite, well nigh, within), приблизно (about, around, in the rough, just about, more or less, or so, rough, some, something). (various references)

Welsh

tua (about, towards). (various references)

circa, circiter, inter. (various references)

Misspellings

"Approximately" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: appreciately, approxiamately, approxiametly, approximatel, approximatelly, approximatelyy, approximatley, approximatly, aproxemately, aproximatelly, aproximately, aproximetely. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: approximate, proximately.

-4 letters: ametropia, amorality, atemporal, expiatory, propylaea, proximate.

-5 letters: aleatory, amitrole, apoplexy, expiator, lipomata, malapert, malaprop, material, mayapple, molarity, morality, oilpaper, oppilate, palpator, parietal, petiolar, playmate, playtime, polarity, preaxial, primatal, proemial, promptly, proximal, pyrexial, rolamite, taxpayer, temporal, toxaemia.