used to show that something is almost, but not completely, accurate or correct The trip takes approximately seven hours. The two buildings were approximately equal in size.
- The flight takes approximately three hours.
- The tickets cost about $20 each.
- You can expect to earn around $40,000 a year.
- The repairs will cost $200, give or take a few dollars.
- How much will it cost, more or less?
- We are expecting thirty or so people to come.
- She must be 25 or thereabouts.
- Profits have fallen by roughly 15%.
- The price is somewhere around $800.
- She earns somewhere in the region of $25,000.
- All these words and phrases are used in both speaking and writing;about is the most common and approximately the most formal.
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