Definition of "approximate" in English

adjective

1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

   • approximate results or values
   • NASA’s Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

3. (botany) Drawn close together, but not united.

noun

1. (rare) An approximate result or quantity.

verb

1. (ambitransitive) To estimate.

   • I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.

2. (transitive) To come near to; to approach.

3. (transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.