approximate

Speech parts

1. approximate - Adjective

2. approximate - Verb

3. approximate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To come near to; to approach.

To draw; to approach.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

close near estimate rough gauge guess approach judge almost match resemble indefinite reckon inexact approximative
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Antonyms

precise exact trump amen same different
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Hypernyms

cypher figure calculate resemble compute cipher

Hyponyms

make place set give put approach

Phrases with the word

approximate to approximate density less approximate approximate center approximate value approximate number

Derivatives

approximated approximating

Examples

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. John Tukey

... very often the laws derived by physicists from a large number of observations are not rigorous, but approximate. Augustin Louis Cauchy

An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one. John Tukey

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate. Garrett Hardin

Take of London fog 30 parts; malaria 10 parts, gas leaks 20 parts, dewdrops gathered in a brickyard at sunrise 25 parts; odor of honeysuckle 15 parts. Mix. The mixture will give you an approximate conception of a Nashville drizzle. O. Henry

He was a poet and hated the approximate. Rainer Maria Rilke

Close letter words and terms

approximant approximant consonant approximatable approximate arithmetic approximate center approximate density