approximate

approximate has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• a.. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
• a.. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
• v. t.. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
• v. t.. To come near to; to approach.
• v. i.. To draw; to approach.
• v.. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
• v.. be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"
• a.. located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
• a.. very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
• a.. not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"