APPROXIMATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
   Synonym(s)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • gauge (what does gauge mean?)
   • guess (what does guess mean?)
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
   Hypernyms(s) approximate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • calculate (what does calculate mean?)
   • cipher (what does cipher mean?)
   • cypher (what does cypher mean?)
   • compute (what does compute mean?)
   • work out (what does work out mean?)
   • reckon (what does reckon mean?)
   • figure (what does figure mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • quantize (what does quantize mean?)
   • quantise (what does quantise mean?)
   • misgauge (what does misgauge mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
   • put (what does put mean?)
   • set (what does set mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • lowball (what does lowball mean?)
   • underestimate (what does underestimate mean?)
   • assess (what does assess mean?)
   • make (what does make mean?)
   • reckon (what does reckon mean?)
   • count (what does count mean?)
   • truncate (what does truncate mean?)
   • guesstimate (what does guesstimate mean?)
   See Also
   • overestimate (what does overestimate mean?)
   • overrate (what does overrate mean?)
   • lowball (what does lowball mean?)
   • underestimate (what does underestimate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evaluator (what does evaluator mean?)
   • judge (what does judge mean?)
   • judgment (what does judgment mean?)
   • judgement (what does judgement mean?)
   • judging (what does judging mean?)
   • judgment (what does judgment mean?)
   • judgement (what does judgement mean?)
   • judging (what does judging mean?)
   • guess (what does guess mean?)
   • conjecture (what does conjecture mean?)
   • supposition (what does supposition mean?)
   • surmise (what does surmise mean?)
   • surmisal (what does surmisal mean?)
   • speculation (what does speculation mean?)
   • hypothesis (what does hypothesis mean?)
   • guesser (what does guesser mean?)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • appraisal (what does appraisal mean?)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • estimation (what does estimation mean?)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • estimation (what does estimation mean?)
   • approximation (what does approximation mean?)
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • appraisal (what does appraisal mean?)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • estimation (what does estimation mean?)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • estimation (what does estimation mean?)
   • approximation (what does approximation mean?)
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • estimate (what does estimate mean?)
   • estimation (what does estimation mean?)
2. Meaning
   • be close or similar
   Synonym(s)
   • come close (what does come close mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Her results approximate my own
   Hypernyms(s) approximate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • resemble (what does resemble mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • border on (what does border on mean?)
   • approach (what does approach mean?)

APPROXIMATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • located close together
   Synonym(s)
   • close together(p) (what does close together(p) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • with heads close together
   • approximate leaves grow together but are not united
   Similar To
   • close (what does close mean?)
2. Meaning
   • very close in resemblance
   Synonym(s)
   • near (what does near mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • sketched in an approximate likeness
   • a near likeness
   Similar To
   • close (what does close mean?)
3. Meaning
   • not quite exact or correct
   Synonym(s)
   • approximative (what does approximative mean?)
   • rough (what does rough mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the approximate time was 10 o”clock
   • a rough guess
   • a ballpark estimate
   Similar To
   • inexact (what does inexact mean?)