All 5 Uses of
approximate
in
War and Peace
- Owing to the rapidity of the French flight and the Russian pursuit and the consequent exhaustion of the horses, the chief means of approximately ascertaining the enemy's position—by cavalry scouting—was not available.†
Chpt 14
- But not to speak of the intrinsic quality of histories of this kind (which may possibly even be of use to someone for something) the histories of culture, to which all general histories tend more and more to approximate, are significant from the fact that after seriously and minutely examining various religious, philosophic, and political doctrines as causes of events, as soon as they have to describe an actual historic event such as the campaign of 1812 for instance, they…†
Chpt 15
- When an event is taking place people express their opinions and wishes about it, and as the event results from the collective activity of many people, some one of the opinions or wishes expressed is sure to be fulfilled if but approximately.†
Chpt 15
- If I examine an act I performed a moment ago in approximately the same circumstances as those I am in now, my action appears to me undoubtedly free.†
Chpt 15
- (2) However much we approximate the time of judgment to the time of the deed, we never get a conception of freedom in time.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(approximate) almost, but not exact; or similar