approximate

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 9.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. adjective Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

   approximate results or values

3. adjective Drawn close together, but not united.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

4. noun An approximate result or quantity.
5. verb To estimate.

   I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.

6. verb To come near to; to approach.
7. verb To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Similar words

near approximative close together estimate guess close judge inexact rough gauge

Often followed by

the to value solution number values date a time

Word family

approximated approximately approximates approximating approximation approximations