Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
- 2noun
An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
- 3noun
A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
- 4noun
A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
- 5noun
the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
- 6noun
the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
- 7noun
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
"an estimate of what it would cost"
"a rough idea how long it would take"
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- 8noun
an imprecise or incomplete account
"newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events"
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