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approximate
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My Name is Legion
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- Depth, approximately 175 fathoms.†
Part 1 *approximately = about (but not exactly)
- The things for which we were writing programs in this area were, basically, estimates and approximates, vis-Ã -vis that which got registered, a reconciliation factor included.†
Part 1approximates = estimates (almost, but not exactly)
- The men had been bitten and chewed by something possessing a jaw configuration approximating that of Tursiops truncatus, the bottle-nosed dolphin, a normal visitor and sometime resident of these same parks.†
Part 2approximating = estimating (almost, but not exactly)
- They aimed for that magic figure because that is approximately the number of nerve cells in the human brain.†
Part 3approximately = about (but not exactly)
- For once, something approximating honesty actually seemed a reasonable approach.†
Part 3approximating = estimating (almost, but not exactly)
- Dave had told me that the helmet's range was approximately a quarter of a mile.†
Part 3approximately = about (but not exactly)
Definitions:
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(1)
(approximate) almost, but not exact; or similar
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)