approximate
Adjective
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similar to: inexact - not exactsame as: approximative, rough
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similar to: close - close in relevance or relationshipsame as: near
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similar to: close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each othersame as: close together
Verb
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is a type of: resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness tosubtypes: approach, border on - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or charactersame as: come close
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is a type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computationsubtypes:
- quantise, quantize - approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values
- misgauge - gauge something incorrectly or improperly
- place, put, set - estimate
- give - estimate the duration or outcome of something
- lowball, underestimate - make a deliberately low estimate
- assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation
- make - calculate as being
- count, reckon - take account of
- truncate - approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- guesstimate - estimate based on a calculation
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