Synonyms for Approximation

Synonyms for "approximation" (210 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Noun(6 words)

estimate estimation ballparkballpark figureballparksbringing close together

access accession accord accordance addition adjunct advance advent affairs affiliation affinity afflux affluxion agreement alikeness alliance allowance analogy aping appraisal

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appraisement approach approaching appropinquation appulse assemblage assessment assimilation assize assizement association bond calculation

Adjective(2 words)

approximate rulecentral estimate

Verb(1 words)

approximating

Strong matches (63)

closeness combination comingcoming nearcoming towardcommunity comparability comparison computation confines conformity connectedness connection contiguity contrariety convergence copying correction correspondence dealings

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deduction determination deviation differentiation disjunction division environs equation estimate estimation evaluation evolution extrapolation filiationflowing towardforeground forthcoming gauging homology identity imitation immediacyimmediate foregroundimminence

Noun(17 words)

counting avoidancedang nearestimatesestimates market priceestimatingestimation senseestimations gauge gauges guessguess basedguesses guessing guesstimate guesstimates guestimate idea

Verb(1 words)

guesstimating

Adjective(1 words)

icelandic nálægt

Related words (105)

imprecision inaccuracy inaccurateness incorrectness inexactitude inexactness instrumentation integration intercourse interpolation intimacy inversion involution junction laxity liaison likeness likening link linkage

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Noun(15 words)

interpolations modelnear valuenumber-line estimatenumerosity representationrough calculationrough guessrounding rulerule of thumbsay the wordthereaboutthree digit number roundingwild guess

Adjective(3 words)

rough estimaterough guessworksmall deformation rule

Related word relations

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More general

15 entries

abstraction calculation computation connection connexion estimate figuring joining measurement process reckoning representation similarity technique version

More specific

7 entries

ballpark figureestimated valuemap depictionrounded valueroundingscale modelscaling

Collocations

6 entries

approximate valueapproximation methodballpark figureclose approximationnumerical approximationrough approximation

Inflections

1 entries

approximations

Derivations

2 entries

approximate approximately

Translations

36 translations across 25 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries

մոտարկում noun (act of approximating)

Bulgarian

1 entries

приближение noun (act of approximating)

Danish

1 entries

tilnærmelse noun (act of approximating)

Dutch

2 entries

benaderen noun (act of approximating)
schatten noun (act of approximating)

Finnish

3 entries

approksimointi noun (act of approximating)
arvioiminen noun (act of approximating)
lähestyminen noun (act of approximating)

French

1 entries

rapprochement noun (act of approximating)

Galician

1 entries

aproximación noun (act of approximating)

German

1 entries

Approximieren noun (act of approximating)

Greek

1 entries

προσέγγιση noun (act of approximating)

Hebrew

1 entries

קֵרוּב noun (act of approximating)

Hungarian

4 entries

harmonizáció noun (act of approximating)
közeledés noun (act of approximating)
közelítés noun (act of approximating)
megközelítés noun (act of approximating)

Icelandic

1 entries

nálgun noun (act of approximating)

Indonesian

3 entries

aproksimasi noun (act of approximating)
pendekatan noun (act of approximating)
penghampiran noun (act of approximating)

Italian

1 entries

approssimazione noun (act of approximating)

Malay

2 entries

penganggaran noun (act of approximating)
penghampiran noun (act of approximating)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഏകദേശം noun (act of approximating)

Māori

1 entries

whakaāwhiwhiwhitanga noun (act of approximating)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

tilnærmelse noun (act of approximating)
tilnærming noun (act of approximating)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tilnærming noun (act of approximating)

Polish

1 entries

aproksymacja noun (act of approximating)

Portuguese

1 entries

aproximação noun (act of approximating)

Romanian

2 entries

aproximare noun (act of approximating)
aproximație noun (act of approximating)

Russian

1 entries

приближе́ние noun (act of approximating)

Spanish

1 entries

aproximación noun (act of approximating)

Tagalog

1 entries

aproksimasyon noun (act of approximating)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Purity is at best an approximation.

Source: tatoeba (2099613)

It's not the exact value, but rather an approximation.

Source: tatoeba (9096806)

In computer science, a method of investigation based on the progressive approximation of a problem is called a heuristic.

Source: tatoeba (10472694)

It's only an approximation.

Source: tatoeba (12903442)

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Approximation