approximate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be close or similar
Her results approximate my own
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- approximate derivation
Sense 2 adjective
not quite exact or correct
the approximate time was 10 o'clock
Related & opposite
- estimate derivation
- approximate derivation
- inexact similar to
Sense 3 verb
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- overestimate also see
- lowball also see
- estimate derivation
- judging derivation
- approximation derivation
- estimation derivation
- supposition derivation
- estimate derivation
- evaluator derivation
- guesser derivation
- approximate derivation
Sense 4 adjective
very close in resemblance
sketched in an approximate likeness
Related & opposite
- close similar to
Sense 5 adjective
located close together
with heads close together
Related & opposite
- close similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | resemble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | border on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inexact |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | overestimate |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | lowball |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | judging |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | evaluator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | guesser |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | approximate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | calculate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantize |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | misgauge |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | put |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lowball |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | assess |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reckon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | truncate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | guesstimate |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | close |