- Types Of Speech
- You can use approximate as a adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Approximate
- A 4 syllables adjective satellite and 11 letters with the letters a, e, i, m, o, p, r, t, and x, 6 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter x. Approximate starts with and ends with a vowel with the starting letters a, ap, app, appr, appro, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, mate, imate, . Approximate is also a double consonant (pp) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Approximate is set as a grade six word that starts with a, ends with e, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 11 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Approximate in Pig Latin is said as "approximateay or approximateway".
- Unigram
- a | p | p | r | o | x | i | m | a | t | e
- Bigram
- ap | pp | pr | ro | ox | xi | im | ma | at | te
- Trigram
- app | ppr | pro | rox | oxi | xim | ima | mat | ate
- Quadrigram
- appr | ppro | prox | roxi | oxim | xima | imat | mate
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" - be close or similar;
"Her results approximate my own"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- located close together;
"with heads close together";
"approximate leaves grow together but are not united" - very close in resemblance;
"sketched in an approximate likeness";
"a near likeness" - not quite exact or correct;
"the approximate time was 10 o'clock";
"a rough guess";
"a ballpark estimate"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accost | |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
| Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
| Advancing | moving ahead or toward the front "advancing armies" |
| Advent | arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) "the advent of the computer" |
| Advise | give advice to "The teacher counsels troubled students" "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |
| Analog | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
| Analogue | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
| Ape | any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all |
| Appear Like |
View all cognitive synonyms for Approximate
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Approximate | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
View English words with the unique letters used in approximate. Words With The Letters Aeimoprtx
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Appraisal | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
| Approximation | the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue |
| Conjecture | reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence |
| Estimate | a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life" "in my estimation the boy is innocent" |
| Estimation | a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life" "in my estimation the boy is innocent" |
| Evaluator | an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality |
| Guess | an estimate based on little or no information |
| Guesser | a person who guesses |
| Hypothesis | a tentative theory about the natural world a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory" "he proposed a fresh theory |
| Idea | an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth "an estimate of what it would cost" "a rough idea how long it would take" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calculate | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Cipher | a message written in a secret code |
| Compute | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Cypher | a message written in a secret code |
| Figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating "she made the best score on compulsory figures" |
| Reckon | expect, believe, or suppose "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel" "I thought to find her in a bad state" "he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen" "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" |
| Work Out |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assess | place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional" |
| Count | the act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours" |
| Give | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
| Guesstimate | an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing |
| Lowball | make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed" |
| Make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
| Misgauge | gauge something incorrectly or improperly |
| Place | a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| Put | the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date |
| Quantise | apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor; "Quantize grav |
View All Hyponyms For Approximate
| See Also | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lowball | make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed" |
| Overestimate | a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high |
| Overrate | make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers" |
| Underestimate | an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value |
Approximate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With A
- Ends With E
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