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Meaning of approximate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  approximate
      adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
             o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
             {approximate}, {approximative}, {rough}]
      2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate
         likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: {approximate}, {near}]
      3: located close together; "with heads close together";
         "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" [syn:
         {approximate}, {close together(p)}]
      v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn:
           {approximate}, {come close}]
      2: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
         time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn:
         {estimate}, {gauge}, {approximate}, {guess}, {judge}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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