Approximate

Etymology
From approximatus:, past participle of approximare:; ad + proximare:. See proximate.

Pronunciation

 * Adjective


 * Verb

Adjective

 * 1) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
 * 2) Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
 * Approximate results or values.
 * To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

Verb

 * 1) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
 * To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke.
 * 1) To come near to; to approach.
 * The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.


 * 1) To estimate.

Quotations
When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.&mdash; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

Derived terms

 * approximately
 * approximation
 * approximative

Thesaurus
accost; advance; advancing; ape; appear like; approach; approaching; appropinquate; approximating; approximative; arm-in-arm; assimilate; attracted to; be around; be like; be near; be redolent of; bear down on; bear down upon; bear resemblance; bear up; begin to; bring near; bring to mind; burning; call; call to mind; call up; cheek-by-jowl; close; close in; close with; come; come close; come closer; come forward; come near; come on; come up; coming; comparable; compare with; confront; connaturalize; copy; correspond; counterfeit; draw near; draw nigh; drawn to; encounter; estimated; evoke; favor; follow; forthcoming; gain upon; get warm; hand-in-hand; homologous; hot; imitate; imminent; imprecise; inaccurate; incorrect; inexact; intimate; judge; lax; like; look like; loose; match; mimic; mirror; much at one; much the same; narrow the gap; near; near the mark; nearing; nearish; nearly reproduce; nearly the same; negligent; nigh; nighish; not tell apart; oncoming; out of line; out of plumb; out of square; out of true; parallel; partake of; place; propinque; proximal; proximate; put; quasi; reckon; relatable; relative; remind one of; resemble; rough; rude; same but different; savor of; seem like; side-by-side; sidle up to; similar; similarize; simulate; smack of; sound like; stack up with; step up; suggest; take after; to come; unfactual; unprecise; unrigorous; upcoming; verge on; vicinal; warm

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: приблизителен
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: annähernd, ungefähr, zirka, circa


 * Greek: παραπλήσιος
 * Portuguese: aproximar-se
 * Spanish: aproximado
 * Welsh:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German: annähernd, ungefähr, zirka, circa
 * Greek: χονδρικός


 * Russian: приблизительный, приближенный, примерный
 * Spanish: aproximado
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: приближавам се до
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Greek: προσεγγίζω,πλησιάζω


 * Bulgarian: приближавам се до
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German: annähern, annähernd erreichen
 * Greek: προσεγγίζω,πλησιάζω


 * Finnish:, ,


 * Greek: προσεγγίζω