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What (who) is approximate - definition
ANYTHING THAT IS SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACTLY EQUAL TO SOMETHING ELSE; APPROACHED, INACCURATE EXPRESSION OF ANY DATA
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approximate
(approximating, approximated)
1.
An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
The approximate cost varies from around ?150 to ?250...
The times are approximate only.
? exact
ADJ
• approximately
Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.
ADV: ADV num
2.
An idea or description that is approximate is not intended to be precise or accurate, but to give some indication of what something is like.
They did not have even an approximate idea what the Germans really wanted.
ADJ
3.
If something approximates to something else, it is similar to it but is not exactly the same.
Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured...
By about 6 weeks of age, most babies begin to show something approximating a day/night sleeping pattern.
VERB: V to n, V n
approximate
I. a.
1.
Proximate, approaching coming near. [Followed by to.]
2.
Nearly correct, nearly accurate or true, inexact, almost exact.
II. v. a.
(Rare.) Bring near, cause to approach.
III. v. n.
Approach, come near, closely resemble, nearly rival.
approximate
v. (BE) (D; intr.) ('to come near') to approximate to (to approximate to the truth)
Wikipedia
Approximation
An approximation is anything that is intentionally similar but not exactly equal to something else.
Examples of use of approximate
1. If so, translations should be toned down to convey the same approximate level of emotional engagement.
2. But once you have brought up four children, as I have, you get a bit approximate.
3. High–tech scans of the teeth enabled researchers to identify the child‘s sex and approximate age.
4. Any such figures are highly approximate but a variety of data show an upward trend.
5. "The approximate number of hostages became known already in the afternoon of September 1.