approximate
approximate is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
- adjective. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
- transitive verb. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
- transitive verb. To come near to; to approach.
- intransitive verb. To draw; to approach.
- verb. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- verb. be close or similar
"Her results approximate my own"
- adjective. located close together
"with heads close together"
"approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
- adjective. very close in resemblance
"sketched in an approximate likeness"
"a near likeness"
- adjective. not quite exact or correct
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock"
"a rough guess"
Synonyms
estimate, gauge, guess, judge, near, approximative, rough
Common word forms
approximated, approximates, approximately, approximating
Words from these letters
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