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als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
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approximate
werkwoord
1 approximate
Be close or similar:
— Her results approximate my own.
synoniem: come close.
Roget 286:
approach,
approximate,
appropinquate†;
near;
get near,
go near,
draw near;
come to close quarters,
come near;
move towards,
set in towards;
drift;
make up to;
gain upon;
pursue
etc.
622;
tread on the heels of;
bear up;
make the land;
hug the shore,
hug the land.
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Roget 17:
be similar
etc.
adj.;
look like,
resemble,
bear resemblance;
smack of,
savor of,
approximate;
parallel,
match,
rhyme with;
take after;
imitate
etc.
19;
favor,
span [U.S.].
render similar
etc.
adj.;
assimilate,
approximate,
bring near;
connaturalize†,
make alike;
rhyme,
pun.
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Roget 197:
be near
etc.
adj.;
adjoin,
hang about,
trench on;
border upon,
verge upon;
stand by,
approximate,
tread on the heels of,
cling to,
clasp,
hug;
huddle;
hang upon the skirts of,
hover over;
burn.
touch
etc.
199;
bring near,
draw near
etc.
286;
converge
etc.
290;
crowd
etc.
72;
place side by side
etc.
adv..
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2 approximate
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).
synoniemen: estimate, gauge, guess, judge.
Nederlands: gissen, raden
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 approximate
Not quite exact or correct:
— The approximate time was 10 o'clock.
synoniemen: approximative, rough.
2 approximate
Very close in resemblance:
— Sketched in an approximate likeness.
synoniem: near.
Roget 17:
similar;
resembling
etc.
v.;
like,
alike;
twin.
analogous,
analogical;
parallel,
of a piece [Fr.];
such as,
so;
homoiousian†.
connatural†,
congener,
allied to;
akin to
etc.
(consanguineous)
11.
approximate,
much the same,
near,
close,
something like,
sort of,
in the ballpark,
such like;
a show of;
mock,
pseudo,
simulating,
representing.
exact
etc.
(true)
494;
lifelike,
faithful;
true to nature,
true to life,
the very image,
the very picture of;
for all the world like,
comme deux gouttes d'eau [Fr.];
as like as two peas in a pod,
as like as it can stare;
instar omnium [Lat.],
cast in the same mold,
ridiculously like.
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3 approximate
Located close together:
— Approximate leaves grow together but are not united.
synoniem: close together.
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