APPROXIMATE

approximate, close together

(adjective) located close together; “with heads close together”; “approximate leaves grow together but are not united”

approximate, near

(adjective) very close in resemblance; “sketched in an approximate likeness”; “a near likeness”

approximate, approximative, rough

(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”

estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge

(verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); “I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds”

approximate, come close

(verb) be close or similar; “Her results approximate my own”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

approximate (comparative more approximate, superlative most approximate)

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

Synonyms

• close

Antonyms

• exact, precise

Verb

approximate (third-person singular simple present approximates, present participle approximating, simple past and past participle approximated)

(ambitransitive) To estimate.

(transitive) To come near to; to approach.

(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ap*prox"i*mate, a. Etym: [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate.]

1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal.

Ap*prox"i*mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approximated; p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]

1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. Burke.

2. To come near to; to approach. The telescope approximates perfection. J. Morse.

Ap*prox"i*mate, v. i.

Definition: To draw; to approach.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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