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approximate

Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/

The English word “approximate” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
  2. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
  3. Drawn close together, but not united.

noun

  1. An approximate result or quantity.

verb

  1. To estimate.
  2. To come near to; to approach.
  3. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Etymology

From Middle English approximat(e) (“close, near (to); similar; intimate”, also used as the past participle of approximaten), from Latin approximātus, the perfect passive participle of approximō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + proximō (“to come near”). The noun was derived from the adjective through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).…

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