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approximation

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 9.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act, process or result of approximating, as: An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose. The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
    For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument.
  2. noun An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
  3. noun The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
  4. noun The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.
    For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument.

Similar words

estimation estimate idea bringing close together approximately approximate proximity adaptation comparison guess

Often followed by

to of is for in and the that by

Word family

approximate approximated approximately approximates approximating approximations approximative

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