Approximate
adjective
Close to the real amount or value but not exactly correct.
The approximate cost of the project is $500,000.
Often appears as...
- approximate cost
- approximate value
verb
To estimate or come close to a certain amount or figure.
The number of people in the mall was approximated to be around a thousand.
Often appears as...
- approximate number
- approximate cost
verb
To be similar or come close in nature or quality.
The texture of the tofu approximates that of cheese.
Often appears as...
- approximate texture
- approximate taste
adjective
Close to the real amount or value but not exactly correct.
The approximate cost of the project is $500,000.
Often appears as...
- approximate cost
- approximate value
verb
To estimate or come close to a certain amount or figure.
The number of people in the mall was approximated to be around a thousand.
Often appears as...
- approximate number
- approximate cost
verb
To be similar or come close in nature or quality.
The texture of the tofu approximates that of cheese.
Often appears as...
- approximate texture
- approximate taste
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Exact
Use 'approximate' when precision isn't required and minor errors are acceptable.
We made an approximate calculation of the attendees.
Pro Tip 2/3Ballpark Figure
'Approximate' suggests a rough estimation, often acceptable in planning stages.
The approximate timeframe for completion is two weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Estimates
Use 'approximate' for initial quotes or estimates that might change later.
The builder gave us an approximate quote for the repairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Exact
Use 'approximate' when precision isn't required and minor errors are acceptable.
We made an approximate calculation of the attendees.
Pro Tip 2/3Ballpark Figure
'Approximate' suggests a rough estimation, often acceptable in planning stages.
The approximate timeframe for completion is two weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Estimates
Use 'approximate' for initial quotes or estimates that might change later.
The builder gave us an approximate quote for the repairs.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Exact
Use 'approximate' when precision isn't required and minor errors are acceptable.
We made an approximate calculation of the attendees.
Pro Tip 2/3Ballpark Figure
'Approximate' suggests a rough estimation, often acceptable in planning stages.
The approximate timeframe for completion is two weeks.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Estimates
Use 'approximate' for initial quotes or estimates that might change later.
The builder gave us an approximate quote for the repairs.
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What happens during a...
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Einstein's brilliant...
or spooky action at a distance. He decided that quantum mechanics must be incomplete, a mere approximation of a deeper reality in which both particles have predetermined states that are hidden from us.
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The Survival of the Sea...
to that of a dinner table, in the case of one species at least, the leatherback, a decade or so later. With size comes some measure of protection. The only truly worrisome predators now are some of the larger shark species-- bulls, tigers, and whites -- and the occasional killer whale. At approximately two decades of age,
Video examples
If superpowers were...
it just means you cannot die. But it doesn't guarantee what condition you'll be alive in. Look at your body and count how many scars you have. If you have made this many permanent scars within your life, imagine how much damage you would have if you were one thousand years old! Now, there are approximately
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How data can predict the...
supported by a huge media campaign we invited the country to download a specifically designed phone app after collecting information on things like age occupation and overall health the app tracks people's approximate movements and lets them record the sort of social information that we know is
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Jedidah Isler: How I...
Although the blazar system is rare, the process by which nature pulls in material via a disk, and then flings some of it out via a jet, is more common. We'll eventually zoom out of the blazar system to show its approximate relationship to the larger galactic context.
Video examples
How in vitro fertilizatio...
Her birth revolutionized the field of reproductive medicine. Given that approximately one in eight heterosexual couples has difficulty conceiving, and that homosexual couples and single parents often need clinical help to make a baby,
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Fascinating Termite...
so the mixture approximates to fresh air so these spires and turrets are key elements in an air conditioning system of a near perfect mansion that has start walls to protect its inhabitants from the elements and from their enemies
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Poetry generally has certain recognizable characteristics.
Video examples
Uranus 101 PIPE National...
approximately the length of a human's entire life. This orbit causes each season of Uranus to last that much longer. Theoretically, a human living on Uranus would experience the four seasons only once,
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What happens during a...
Approximately 7 million people around the world die from heart attacks every year, and cardiovascular disease, which causes heart attacks and other problems like strokes, is the world's leading killer.
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Einstein's brilliant...
or spooky action at a distance. He decided that quantum mechanics must be incomplete, a mere approximation of a deeper reality in which both particles have predetermined states that are hidden from us.
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Betty White
American Actress
It's a little known fact that one in three family pets gets lost during its lifetime, and approximately 9 million pets enter shelters each year. That's why it's a wonderful thing to get your pet microchipped and registered with your contact information because then they can be located and the owners can track where their pets are.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books.
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Anne Michaels
Canadian Poet
Certain things can't be approximated, so I'm always interested in getting in another way, one which makes the reader bend in closer to the scene even if that scene, especially if that scene, is painful... Brutal language isn't necessarily the most truthful way of describing a brutal moment.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
Each piece, or part, of the whole of nature is always merely an approximation to the complete truth, or the complete truth so far as we know it. In fact, everything we know is only some kind of approximation because we know that we do not know all the laws as yet.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Obama's policies have been approximately the same as Bush's, though there have been some slight differences, but that's not a great surprise. The Democrats supported Bush's policies.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian Composer
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
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Michael Cunningham
American Writer
I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years.
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Betty White
American Actress
It's a little known fact that one in three family pets gets lost during its lifetime, and approximately 9 million pets enter shelters each year. That's why it's a wonderful thing to get your pet microchipped and registered with your contact information because then they can be located and the owners can track where their pets are.
Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books.
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Anne Michaels
Canadian Poet
Certain things can't be approximated, so I'm always interested in getting in another way, one which makes the reader bend in closer to the scene even if that scene, especially if that scene, is painful... Brutal language isn't necessarily the most truthful way of describing a brutal moment.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
Each piece, or part, of the whole of nature is always merely an approximation to the complete truth, or the complete truth so far as we know it. In fact, everything we know is only some kind of approximation because we know that we do not know all the laws as yet.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
Story and plot, not historical facts, are the engine of a novel, but I was committed to working through the grain of actual history and coming to something, an overall effect, which approximated truth.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Obama's policies have been approximately the same as Bush's, though there have been some slight differences, but that's not a great surprise. The Democrats supported Bush's policies.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
Quote examples
Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Gian Carlo Menotti
Italian Composer
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
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Michael Cunningham
American Writer
I seem to produce a novel approximately once every three years.
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