approximate

Adjective
  1. Not quite exact or correct (synset 300919090)
    "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"
    similar to: inexact - not exact
    same as: approximative, rough
  2. Very close in resemblance (synset 300453905)
    "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"
    similar to: close - close in relevance or relationship
    same as: near
  3. Located close together (synset 300450164)
    "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
    similar to: close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
    same as: close together
Verb
  1. Be close or similar (synset 202672137)
    "Her results approximate my own"
    is a type of: resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
    subtypes: approach, border on - come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character
    same as: come close
  2. Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (synset 200674352)
    "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
    is a type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: estimate, gauge, guess, judge

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