approximatelyadverb
uk/əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət.li/us/əˈprɑːk.sə.mət.li/B1 close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time:
The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately £1,000.
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- Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting approximately half an hour late.
- In 1992 the population of Cairo was approximately 6,500,000.
- One pound is approximately equal to 454 grams.
- The length of the bay is approximately 200 miles.
- The earth takes approximately 365 days to go round the sun.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Approximate
- (a) sort of idiom
- -ish
- about
- approx
- approximate
- around
- effect
- loosely
- maybe
- more
- more or less idiom
- or so idiom
- round
- rule
- sense
- something
- something like 96 percent, half, etc. idiom
- somewhere
- sort
- sorta
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