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English to English adjective
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Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not quite exact or correct | | Example: the approximate time was 10 o'clock
a rough guess
a ballpark estimate
source: wordnet30
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very close in resemblance | | Example: sketched in an approximate likeness
a near likeness
source: wordnet30
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located close together | | Example: with heads close together
approximate leaves grow together but are not united
source: wordnet30 verb
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be close or similar | | Example: Her results approximate my own
source: wordnet30
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | | Example: I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
source: wordnet30
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To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. | | source: webster1913
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To draw; to approach. | | source: webster1913
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