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1. Be close or similar
   "Her results approximate my own"
   - come close
    
2. Form an estimate of (quantities or time)
   "I approximate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
   - estimate, gauge, guess, judge

1. Not quite exact or correct
   "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"
   - approximative, rough
    
2. Very close in resemblance
   "sketched in an approximate likeness"
   - near
    
3. Located close together
   "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
   - close together

Derived forms: approximating, approximated, approximates

See also: close, inexact

Type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure [N. Amer], reckon, resemble, work out

Encyclopedia: Approximate