Approximate

/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/

Synonyms for "approximate" (276 found)

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Closest matches (56)

Adjective(10 words)
nearroughapproachapproximativeassessasymptotic expansioncalculated energiescasual understandingcircaclose
accostadvanceadvancingapeappear likeapproachapproachingappropinquateapproximatingapproximativearm in armarm-in-armassimilateattractedattracted tobe aroundbe likebe nearbe redolent ofbear down on
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bear down uponbear resemblancebear upbegin toborderbring nearbring to mindbroadburningcallcall to mindcall upcheek-by-jowlcloseclose in
Noun(7 words)
analog gaugeapproximate resultasymptoteback of envelope ruleballparkballparksbox method
Verb(3 words)
approximatedapproximatescalculate normal force
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (82)

Adjective(12 words)
close togethercoarsecrudedraw nearestimateestimated valueestimated valuesfuzzyfuzzyishgaugeguesstimatehaphazard counting
close withcomecome closecome closercome forwardcome nearcome oncome upcomingcomparablecomparativecomparecompare withconfrontconnaturalizecopycorrespondcounterfeitdraw neardraw nigh
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Noun(21 words)
convergingdeadline driven algorithmdutch rekenenedgingestimate packetsestimatesestimates market priceestimatingeyeballfigure the totalfudgingfuzzy logic systemgauged property setgaugingguess basedguessingguesstimatesguestimateheuristicheuristic reasoning
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Related words (138)

imprecisein the neighborhood ofinaccurateincorrectinexactintimatejudgelaxlikelook likeloosematchmimicmirrormuch at onemuch the samenarrow the gapnearnear the marknearing
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nearishnearly reproducenearly the samenegligentnighnighishnot tell apartoncomingout of lineout of plumbout of squareout of trueparallelpartake ofplacepropinqueproximalproximateputquasireckonrelatablerelativeremind one ofresembleroughroundrudesame but differentsavor ofseemseem likeside-by-sidesidlesidle up tosimilarsimilarizesimulatesmack ofsound likestack upstack up withstep upsuggesttake afterto comeunfactualunpreciseunrigorousupcomingverge onvicinalwarm
Adjective(23 words)
imprecise reasoningimprecise terminexact unitinformal guessingloose filesloose systemlossymeasured energy consumptionmental estimationnaive estimatenearingrough calculationrough estimaterough guessrough guessworkrough sketchrougherroughishroundedroundish
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sloppy personundetermined massvague
Noun(27 words)
interpolatinglike standard englishlinearize functionmass measuringmeasure samplemeasured kinetic energy valuemodelnear valuenebcinpartially correctpatch countpencilspopulation countsproxyquick estimate methodrivalsrough cutrough rock surfaceroundrounding
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roundssamplingsketchthree digit number roundingtweenwild guessxxx
Determiner(2 words)
most number sensewhole organism approached

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More general

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More specific

7 entries
ballpark figurecome closerdraw nearestimated valueguesstimaterough estimaterounded number

Collocations

9 entries
approximate costapproximate distanceapproximate figureapproximate methodapproximate resultsapproximate sizeapproximate timeapproximate valueapproximation method

Inflections

5 entries
approximatedapproximatesapproximatingmore approximatemost approximate

Derivations

6 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What's their approximate worth?

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His witness is approximate to the truth.

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We can only know her approximate age.

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While the car driver obtains an approximate view of a blooming meadow the city cyclist notices the different colors and scents of the blossoms, the smell of freshly mown grass, the swoosh of leaves of a chestnut tree, the sunlight twinkling through trees shimmering green in springtime.

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