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ap•prox•i•mate

Pronunciation: (
—adj.u-prok'su-mit;
—v.u-prok'su-māt"), [key]
—adj., v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing.

—adj.
1. near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
2. nearly exact; not perfectly accurate or correct: The approximate time was 10 o'clock.
3. near; close together.
4. very similar; nearly identical.

—v.t.
1. to come near to; approach closely to: to approximate an ideal.
2. to estimate: We approximated the distance at three miles.
3. to simulate; imitate closely: The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.
4. to bring near.

—v.i.
to come near in position, character, amount, etc.

approximant

approximation

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approximate (Thesaurus)

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