approximate
adjective/əˈprɒksɪmət/
/əˈprɑːksɪmət/
- almost correct or accurate, but not completely so
- an approximate number/total/cost
- The cost given is only approximate.
- Use these figures as an approximate guide in your calculations.
- Construction was completed at an approximate cost of $4.1 million.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryApproximate is used with these nouns:- calculation
- dimension
- equivalent
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjectival sense ‘close, similar’): from late Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare, from ad- ‘to’ + proximus ‘very near’. The verb (originally meaning ‘bring close’) arose in the mid 17th cent.; the current use as an adjective dates from the early 19th cent.
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