approximately

English

Pronunciation

Ap-proxi-mate-ly IPA phonetic symbols: [əprάksəmətli]

Adverb

approximately (not comparable)(abbreviation approx.)

1. imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

   In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.

   Per 100g of chocolate there are approximately 11.6g of saturated fat.

   ...approximately 60 beats per minute.

Synonyms

• around, near, nearly, almost, about, loosely, roughly, close to

Antonyms

• accurately, definitely, exactly, precisely

Related terms

• approximate

Translations

imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

Arabic: حَوالي (ar) (Hawaalii) Egyptian Arabic: حوالي (Hawaalii) Bulgarian: приблизително (bg), почти (bg), около (bg) Catalan: aproximadament Chinese: Mandarin: 大約 (cmn), 大约 (cmn) (dàyuē), 左右 (cmn) (zuǒyòu), 將近 (cmn), 将近 (cmn) (jiāngjìn), 大致 (cmn) (dàzhì), 或多或少 (cmn) (huòduōhuòshǎo), 大概 (cmn) (dàgài) Czech: přibližně (cs) Danish: omtrent, tilnærmelsesvis Dutch: ongeveer (nl) Esperanto: proksimume (eo) Finnish: arviolta (fi), noin (fi), suurinpiirtein (fi), suunnilleen (fi), palttiarallaa (fi), osapuilleen (fi) French: plus ou moins (fr), à peu près (fr), approximativement (fr) German: ungefähr (de), etwa (de) Greek: περίπου (el) (perípou) Hebrew: בקירוב (he) (be'qiruv)

Hindi: लगभग (hi) (lagbhag) Hungarian: megközelítőleg (hu), körülbelül (hu), kb. (hu) Italian: approssimativamente (it), circa (it) Japanese: およそ (ja) (oyoso), 約 (ja) (やく, yaku) Korean: 대략 (ko) (daeryak) (大略 (ko)) Kurdish: نزیکه‌ی Lithuanian: maždaug (lt) Persian: تقریبًا (fa) (taqriban) Portuguese: aproximadamente (pt) Russian: приблизительно (ru) (priblizítel'no), примерно (ru) (primérno), около (ru) (ókolo) Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt air (gd) Spanish: aproximadamente (es) Swedish: ungefär (sv), cirka (sv) Telugu: సుమారుగా (sumaarugaa) Thai: ประมาณ (th) (bpràmaan) Urdu: لگ بھگ (ur) (lag bhag) Vietnamese: khoảng (vi)

See also

• circa