approximate as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
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approximate
verb
1 approximate
Be close or similar:
— Her results approximate my own.
synonym: come close.
Roget 286:
approach,
approximate,
appropinquate†;
near;
get near,
go near,
draw near;
come to close quarters,
come near;
move towards,
set in towards;
drift;
make up to;
gain upon;
pursue
etc.
622;
tread on the heels of;
bear up;
make the land;
hug the shore,
hug the land.
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Roget 17:
be similar
etc.
adj.;
look like,
resemble,
bear resemblance;
smack of,
savor of,
approximate;
parallel,
match,
rhyme with;
take after;
imitate
etc.
19;
favor,
span [U.S.].
render similar
etc.
adj.;
assimilate,
approximate,
bring near;
connaturalize†,
make alike;
rhyme,
pun.
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Roget 197:
be near
etc.
adj.;
adjoin,
hang about,
trench on;
border upon,
verge upon;
stand by,
approximate,
tread on the heels of,
cling to,
clasp,
hug;
huddle;
hang upon the skirts of,
hover over;
burn.
touch
etc.
199;
bring near,
draw near
etc.
286;
converge
etc.
290;
crowd
etc.
72;
place side by side
etc.
adv..
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2 approximate
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).
synonyms: estimate, gauge, guess, judge.
Dutch: gissen, raden
adjective
1 approximate
Not quite exact or correct:
— The approximate time was 10 o'clock.
synonyms: approximative, rough.
2 approximate
Very close in resemblance:
— Sketched in an approximate likeness.
synonym: near.
Roget 17:
similar;
resembling
etc.
v.;
like,
alike;
twin.
analogous,
analogical;
parallel,
of a piece [Fr.];
such as,
so;
homoiousian†.
connatural†,
congener,
allied to;
akin to
etc.
(consanguineous)
11.
approximate,
much the same,
near,
close,
something like,
sort of,
in the ballpark,
such like;
a show of;
mock,
pseudo,
simulating,
representing.
exact
etc.
(true)
494;
lifelike,
faithful;
true to nature,
true to life,
the very image,
the very picture of;
for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.];
as like as two peas in a pod,
as like as it can stare;
instar omnium [Lat.],
cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
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3 approximate
Located close together:
— Approximate leaves grow together but are not united.
synonym: close together.
Moby 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 ... show more.
approximating
adjective
Roget 9:
relative;
correlative
etc.
12;
cognate;
relating to
etc.
v.;
relative to,
in relation with,
referable or referrible to†;
belonging to
etc.
v.;
appurtenant to,
in common with.
related,
connected;
implicated,
associated,
affiliated,
allied to;
en rapport,
in touch with.
approximative†,
approximating;
proportional,
proportionate,
proportionable;
allusive,
comparable.
in the same category
etc.
75;
like
etc.
17;
relevant
etc.
(apt)
23;
applicable,
equiparant†.
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