approximation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
an estimate of what it would cost
Types & categories
- reckoning hypernym
- scalage hyponym
- credit rating hyponym
- dead reckoning hyponym
- guesstimate hyponym
- overrating hyponym
- underestimate hyponym
Related & opposite
- estimate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
Types & categories
- similarity hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an imprecise or incomplete account
newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events
Types & categories
- version hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
Types & categories
- joining hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | estimate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reckoning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scalage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | credit rating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead reckoning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guesstimate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overrating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underestimate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | similarity |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | version |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | joining |