| VERB | stative | approximate, come close | be close or similar |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | approximate, approximative, rough | not quite exact or correct |
| all | approximate, near | very close in resemblance | |
| all | approximate, close together | located close together |
| Sounds | ahpraa'ksahmaht; ahpraa'ksahmey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | ||
| Meaning | not quite exact or correct. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the approximate time was 10 o'clock" | |
| Synonyms | approximative, rough | |
| Broader | inexact | not exact |
| Spanish | aproximado, aproximativo | |
| Catalan | aproximat | |
| Meaning | Very close in resemblance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "sketched in an approximate likeness" | |
| Synonym | near | |
| Broader | close | Close in relevance or relationship |
| Spanish | aproximado | |
| Catalan | aproximat | |
| Meaning | Located close together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" | |
| Synonym | close together | |
| Broader | close | At or within a short / short distance in space or time or having elements near each other |
| Spanish | aproximado | |
| Catalan | aproximat | |
| Meaning | Be close or similar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Her results approximate my own" | |
| Synonym | come close | |
| Narrower | border on, approach | Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character |
| Broader | resemble | Appear like |
| Spanish | aproximarse, aproximar | |
| Catalan | apropar-se, aproximar-se, aproximar | |
| Adjectives | approximative | not quite exact or correct |
| Meaning | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | estimate, gauge, guess, judge | |
| Entailed by | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
| Narrower | assess | Estimate the value of (property) for taxation |
| give | Estimate the duration or outcome / outcome of something | |
| guesstimate | Estimate based on a calculation | |
| lowball, underestimate | make a deliberately low estimate | |
| make | calculate as being | |
| misgauge | gauge something incorrectly or improperly | |
| place, put, set | Estimate | |
| quantize, quantise | Approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values | |
| reckon, count | take account of | |
| truncate | Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one | |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Spanish | calcular, echar, estimar, tasar | |
| Catalan | apreciar, calcular, taxar | |
| Adjectives | approximative | not quite exact or correct |
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