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   approximate

   adjective

   • 1. close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact: "the approximate time of death"

   verb

   • 1. come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity: "a leasing agreement approximating to ownership"
   • ▪ estimate or calculate (a quantity) fairly accurately: "I had to approximate the weight of my horse"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the adjectival sense ‘close, similar’): from late Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare, from ad- ‘to’ + proximus ‘very near’. The verb (originally meaning ‘bring close’) arose in the mid 17th century; the current adjectival sense dates from the early 19th century.

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