APPROXIMATE meaning: Nearly correct, not perfectly precise

We found 36 dictionaries that define the word approximate:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

approximate: Merriam-Webster
approximate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
approximate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
approximate: Collins English Dictionary
approximate: Vocabulary.com
Approximate, approximate: Wordnik
approximate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
approximate: Wiktionary
approximate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
approximate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
approximate: Infoplease Dictionary
approximate: Dictionary.com
approximate (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
approximate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Approximate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Approximate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
approximate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
approximate: Rhymezone
approximate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
approximate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
approximate: FreeDictionary.org
approximate: Mnemonic Dictionary
approximate: TheFreeDictionary.com
approximate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
approximate: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)

approximate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

approximate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

approximate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
approximate: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

Botanical Terms (No longer online)
Bryological (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

approximate: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
▸ adjective:  Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To estimate.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To come near to; to approach.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Similar:

close together, near, approximative, guess, estimate, close, inexact, judge, gauge, rough, more...

Opposite:

exact, precise, specific, accurate, definite

Types:

rough, ballpark, cautious, conservative, guess, guesstimate, rough estimate, rough guess, more...

Phrases:

approximate range, approximate quantities, Approximate string matching, Fast approximate anti-aliasing, Approximate Bayesian computation, more...

Adjectives:

only, best, more, very, able, somewhat, would, highly, likely, exact, possible

Colors:

beige, taupe, mauve, olive, sage, more...