approximation

approximation is a 13-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating. Face value is 26 in Scrabble and 30 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 26 · Words With Friends 30 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
2. noun. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
3. noun. A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
4. noun. A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
5. noun. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
6. noun. the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
7. noun. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

   "an estimate of what it would cost"

   "a rough idea how long it would take"

   Synonyms: estimate, estimation, idea

8. noun. an imprecise or incomplete account

   "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events"

Synonyms

estimate, estimation, idea

Common word forms

approximations

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for APPROXIMATION lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.