APPROXIMATE

• (verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

  "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

  synonyms : estimate , gauge , guess , judge

• (verb) be close or similar

  "Her results approximate my own"

  synonyms : come close

• (adj.) located close together

  "with heads close together", "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"

  synonyms : close together

• (adj.) very close in resemblance

  "sketched in an approximate likeness", "a near likeness"

  synonyms : near

• (adj.) not quite exact or correct

  "the approximate time was 10 o'clock", "a rough guess", "a ballpark estimate"

  synonyms : approximative , rough

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