approximate

Adjective
  1. similar to: inexact - not exact
    same as: approximative, rough
  2. similar to: close - close in relevance or relationship
    same as: near
  3. 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. 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. 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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