meaning of approximate
1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
3. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
4. To come near to; to approach.
5. To draw; to approach.
6. judge tentatively or form an estimate of quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three
">pounds"
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