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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near See {Proximate}.] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. 2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as approximate results or values. {Approximate quantities} (Math.), those which are nearly, but not equal. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Approximated}; p. pr & vb n. {Approximating}.] 1. To carry or advance near to cause to approach. To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke. 2. To come near to to approach. The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i. To draw; to approach. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: approximate adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough estimate" [syn: {approximative}, {rough}] 2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: {near}] 3: located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn: {close together(p)}] v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn: {come close}] 2: form an opinion about judge tentatively; form an estimate of esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds" [syn: {estimate}, {gauge}, {guess}, {judge}]
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