All 6 Uses
approximate
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
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- And Mr. Jeavons smells of soap and wears brown shoes that have approximately 60 tiny circular holes in each of them.†
Chpt 7 *approximately = about (but not exactly)
- It contained approximately 8 cubic meters of air.†
Chpt 23
- My book was approximately 25 cm X 35 cm X 1 cm so it couldn't be hidden in a very small place, which meant that I didn't have to look in any really small places.†
Chpt 149
- And I could hear that there were fewer people in the little station when the train wasn't there, so I opened my eyes and I looked at my watch and it said 8:07 p.m. and I had been sitting on the bench for approximately 5 hours but it hadn't seemed like approximately 5 hours, except that my bottom hurt and I was hungry and thirsty.†
Chpt 227
- And I could hear that there were fewer people in the little station when the train wasn't there, so I opened my eyes and I looked at my watch and it said 8:07 p.m. and I had been sitting on the bench for approximately 5 hours but it hadn't seemed like approximately 5 hours, except that my bottom hurt and I was hungry and thirsty.†
Chpt 227
- And I thought about the question and I wasn't sure what the answer was because I wanted to do my maths A level but Iwas very tired and when I tried to think about maths my brain didn't work properly and when I tried to remember certain facts, like the logarithmic formula for the approximate number of prime numbers not greater than x, I couldn't remember them and this made me frightened.†
Chpt 233approximate = almost, but not exact
Definitions:
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(1)
(approximate) almost, but not exact; or similar
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)