EGAVE

approximately

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 43.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
    approximately 60 beats per minute

Similar words

some more or less close to just about about around roughly or so approx nearly

Often followed by

the one equal two half

Word family

approximate approximated approximates approximating approximation approximations

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