Found 2 items, similar to Approximate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: approximate approximate adj 1: not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o'clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate” [syn: approximative, rough] 2: very close in resemblance; “sketched in an approximate likeness”; “a near likeness” [syn: near] 3: located close together; “with heads close together”; “approximate leaves grow together but are not united” [syn: close together(p)] approximate v 1: be close or similar; “Her results approximate my own” [syn: come close] 2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); “I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds” [syn: estimate, gauge, guess, judge]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Approximate Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate.] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. [1913 Webster] 2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. [1913 Webster] Approximate quantities (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal. [1913 Webster] Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Approximated; p. pr. & vb. n. Approximating.] 1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. [1913 Webster] To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To come near to; to approach. [1913 Webster] The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse. [1913 Webster] Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i. To draw; to approach. [1913 Webster]