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    [Adverb]  | "ap*prox*i*mate*ly" | \ ə-ˈpräk-sə-mət-lē \


    1: in an approximate manner —used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximation


    Origin: 1742 ;

    [Adverb]  | "approximately" 


    1: close to but not exactly;


      * e.g., " ... it takes approximately three hours to drive to Dallas "





    [Adjective]  | "approximate" 


    1: being such only when compared to something else;


      * e.g., " ... the movie's an approximate success, if you can overlook the overblown publicity that preceded it "





    2: not precisely correct;


      * e.g., " ... police could only give us an approximate count of the number of people who attended the air show "





     [ "approximately" ]

    1: A term guilty people use when they are guilty as hell.

      * e.g.,  ... Investigator: "What did you have for breakfast?" Suspect: "Well basically, I barely got to my home at approximately 2am." 

     [ "approximation" ]

    1: a kind of true but not true simplification of something. Can be used to insult.

      * e.g.,  ...  The approximation of pi is 14 

     [ "approximates" ]

    1: To come close to; be nearly the same as: This meat substitute approximates the real thing.

      * e.g.,  ... The approximate time of the show is. 


     [ "approximates" ]

    2: To bring near.


     [ "approximates" ]

    3: To bring together, as cut edges of tissue.

     [ "approximatively" ]

    1: A bastardisation of approximately and positively first used by people of marginal education. Even though those two words have different degrees of certitude, approximatively originally meant approximately but has since evolved to mean approximately with slightly more certitude, but not quite positively.

      * e.g.,  ... guy one: "How long will you be?" 

     [ "approximate" ]

    1: noun. A feeling that you and your partner will mate. A moment of this kind. An air of “tacit agreement”.

      * e.g.,  ... They stood there, tacitly. An air of approximate can be smelled. 

     [ "approximate" ]

    1: noun. A spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend who is not an ideal match, but close enough in many respects.

      * e.g.,  ... "Looks like things are going really well with your girlfriend, Bob!" 

     [ "Andree Approximately" ]

    1: A ̶bo̶o̶t̶l̶e̶g̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶S̶p̶a̶n̶i̶s̶h̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶a̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶i̶m̶a̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶n̶a̶m̶e̶d̶ ̶̶b̶y̶A̶s̶h̶ A guy who does anime paint videos on YouTube and owns the steinsdust reference server

      * e.g.,  ... Ummmmmm... Ex: Andree Approximately (*insert unfuni these penut joke*) 

     [ "Pi Approximation Day" ]

    1: An annual math event that is commemorated on 22nd July (22/7) among billions of people worldwide, who conventionally write their date in the DD/MM/YYYY format, compared to the millions of folks who celebrate Pi Day on March 14 (3/14).

      * e.g.,  ... What is the ratio of the number of math students and teachers globally who celebrate Pi Approximation Day in July to the number of those who commemorate Pi Day in March every year. 

     [ "approximately 27 sobbing horses" ]

    1: a phrase used describing a very very sad group of people with horse masks on. or they are very very sad furries.

      * e.g.,  ... person 1 :"they look like approximately 27 sobbing horses" 

     [ "Andree Approximately" ]

    1: A Filipino YouTube animator that makes anime intro parodies and shitpost and such relating to anime

      * e.g.,  ... Ay seen that Andree Approximately paint video? 

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