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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of
     approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See
     Proximate.]
     1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
        as, approximate results or values.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but
        not, equal.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Approximated; p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]
     1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To approximate the inequality of riches to the level
              of nature.                            --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To come near to; to approach.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i.
     To draw; to approach.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of
     approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See
     Proximate.]
     1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
  
     2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
        as, approximate results or values.
  
     Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but
        not, equal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Approximated; p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.]
     1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
  
              To approximate the inequality of riches to the level
              of nature.                            --Burke.
  
     2. To come near to; to approach.
  
              The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i.
     To draw; to approach.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  approximate
       adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
              o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
               approximative, rough]
       2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate
          likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: near]
       3: located close together; "with heads close together";
          "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
          [syn: close together(p)]
       v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn:
            come close]
       2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
          time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
          [syn: estimate, gauge, guess, judge]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     Αγγλικά a.
     προσεγγιστικός
     Αγγλικά vb.
     προσεγγίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la approximō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     a.
     1 approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
     2 Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To estimate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To come near to; to approach.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la approximō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la approximō  2 p pres actv impr)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     Englanti a.
     1 läheinen
     2 likimääräinen
     Englanti vb.
     olla suunnilleen jtk, olla määrältään suunnilleen jnk kokoinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  approximate
     Engelska a.
     approximativ, ungefärlig
     Engelska vb.
     1 approximera
     2 närma

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  benader

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  تقريبيّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  approximate //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət// 
  приблизи́телен 2.
  approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
   3.
  near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  approximate //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət// 
  приближавам се до 2.
  to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
   3.
  to come near to; to approach

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  přibližný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  přiblížit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  přiblížit se

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/ 
  brasamcanu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  annähernd, angleichend 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/ 
  nähern [sich] , näher kommen, annähern [sich] , angleichen 
   see: approximating, approximated, approximates, approximated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/ 
  nähern, approximieren  [math.]
   see: approximating, approximated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  ungefähr, überschlägig 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  
  περίπου

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  approximate //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət// 
  1. likimääräinen, läheinen
  approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
  2. likimääräinen, arvioida, likiarvoinen, suuntaa antava
  near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  approximate //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət// 
  1. lähentää
  to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
  2. lähentyä, lähestyä
  to come near to; to approach
  3. arvioida, approksimoida, estimoida
  to estimate

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/ 
  1. समीप आना
        "These statistics approximate the figures we have."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/ 
  1. लगभग
        "The approximate estimate of the building construction is Rs.10,000,00/-."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  aproksimativni, blizak, dostizati, približan, približiti, približni, približno, primaći, sličan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  1. hozzávetôleges
  2. közelítô
  3. megközelítô

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  I.    przybliżony
  II.    zbliżać się (to - do)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  aproximar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  approximate //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt// //ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət// 
  approximativ, ungefärlig
  near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  1. yaklaşık olarak, takribi, tahmini, yakın. approximately  yaklaşık olarak, tahminen, takriben.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  approximate /ɐpɹˈɒksɪmət/
  1. yaklaşmak, yaklaştırmak, yakın olmak, yakına gelmek, yakına getirmek. approxima'tion  tahmin
  2. yaklaşma, yakın olma.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/əˈpɹɑksəˌmeɪt/, /əˈpɹɑksəmət/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  131 Moby Thesaurus words for "approximate":
     accost, advance, advancing, ape, appear like, approach,
     approaching, appropinquate, approximating, approximative,
     arm-in-arm, assimilate, attracted to, be around, be like, be near,
     be redolent of, bear down on, bear down upon, bear resemblance,
     bear up, begin to, bring near, bring to mind, burning, call,
     call to mind, call up, cheek-by-jowl, close, close in, close with,
     come, come close, come closer, come forward, come near, come on,
     come up, coming, comparable, compare with, confront, connaturalize,
     copy, correspond, counterfeit, draw near, draw nigh, drawn to,
     encounter, estimated, evoke, favor, follow, forthcoming, gain upon,
     get warm, hand-in-hand, homologous, hot, imitate, imminent,
     imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, intimate, judge, lax,
     like, look like, loose, match, mimic, mirror, much at one,
     much the same, narrow the gap, near, near the mark, nearing,
     nearish, nearly reproduce, nearly the same, negligent, nigh,
     nighish, not tell apart, oncoming, out of line, out of plumb,
     out of square, out of true, parallel, partake of, place, propinque,
     proximal, proximate, put, quasi, reckon, relatable, relative,
     remind one of, resemble, rough, rude, same but different, savor of,
     seem like, side-by-side, sidle up to, similar, similarize,
     simulate, smack of, sound like, stack up with, step up, suggest,
     take after, to come, unfactual, unprecise, unrigorous, upcoming,
     verge on, vicinal, warm
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 大约的,近似的;
  v. 接近,约等于;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 大约的,近似的
     vt. 接近,约等于
     vi. 近于

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