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APPROXIMATE

Definition:

1. [verb] be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
   Synonyms: come close
   
   
2. [verb] judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
   Synonyms: estimate, gauge, guess, judge
   
   
3. [adjective] not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
   Synonyms: approximative, rough
   
   
4. [adjective] very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
   Synonyms: near
   
   
5. [adjective] located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
   Synonyms: close together
   
   

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Related Words:

• border on, approach
• quantize, quantise
• misgauge
• place, put, set
• give
• lowball, underestimate
• assess
• make
• reckon, count
• truncate
• guesstimate

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