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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
approximate
/əˈprɒksɪmət/
adjective1 of 2
about; not exact but close
- “This will give you an approximate idea of the situation.”Tatoeba
- “Tell me how much this is worth, approximately.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 2
To estimate.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))