Approximate

01 a. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

1.
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2.
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Phrases & compounds

Approximate quantities — those which are nearly, but not, equal.

02 v. t. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

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.

03 v. i. To draw; to approach.