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approximate

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[ US /əˈpɹɑksəˌmeɪt, əˈpɹɑksəmət/ ]
VERB
  1. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
    I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
  2. be close or similar
    Her results approximate my own
ADJECTIVE
  1. located close together
    with heads close together
    approximate leaves grow together but are not united
  2. not quite exact or correct
    a ballpark estimate
    the approximate time was 10 o'clock
    a rough guess
  3. very close in resemblance
    sketched in an approximate likeness
    a near likeness

How To Use approximate In A Sentence

  • The former seems more likely in that the emergence of bichrome pottery is dated to approximately 1550 B.C., or roughtly four centuries prior to the documented arrival of the Peleset ( "Sea-people"). CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
  • According to the EPA, fish at the top of the aquatic food chain bioaccumulate methylmercury to a level approximately 1 million to 10 million times greater than dissolved concentrations found in surrounding waters. Field and Stream Report: The Truth about Mercury and the Fish You Eat
  • Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
  • Of these, 250 are hospitalized as a result of acute complications, and approximately 100 die from cirrhosis, liver cancer, or fulminant hepatitis.
  • The latter batch should yield about 1000 pumice-concrete solid bricks measuring 25 × 12 × 10 cm and displaying a compression strength of roughly 25 kg/cm² after approximately 3 months 'curing time. 3. Precast Pumice-Concrete Building Members
  • They drifted into the control room and floated above the sensor-generated hologram of the “herd. ” The “herd” consisted of approximately 3,000 mountain-sized blocks of ice that once were comet 2P/Encke. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
  • The conservatory measures approximately 13ft x 16ft.
  • All birds were hatched in incubators and kept in brooders until approximately 7 weeks of age, at which time they were moved to 5 x 7 x 4 m outdoor flight pens.
  • When equipped with the full unit, a patient sees a display of phosphenes, which looks, as the Wall Street Journal put it, like ‘the light-bulb array of a stadium scoreboard,’ and which approximates - very roughly - the outlines of objects.
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