approximately

English

Alternative forms

• approx. (abbreviation, also for adjective approximate)

Etymology

approximate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/
• Hyphenation: ap‧prox‧i‧mate‧ly

Adverb

approximately (not comparable)

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, plus/minus, plus or minus, ±, give or take, circa, more or less

Antonyms

• accurately, definitely, exactly, precisely

Related terms

• approximate

Translations

imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

• Albanian: afërsisht (sq), përafërsisht (sq), afro (sq)
• Arabic: حَوَالِي‎‎ (ḥawālī), تَقْرِيبًا‎‎ (taqrīban)

  Egyptian Arabic: حوالي‎‎ (ḥawālī)

• Armenian: մոտավորապես (hy) (motavorapes)
• Azerbaijani: təxmini
• Belarusian: прыблі́зна (pryblízna), прыкла́дна (prykládna), ама́ль (amálʹ) (almost)
• Bulgarian: приблизи́телно (bg) (priblizítelno), почти́ (bg) (počtí), о́коло (bg) (ókolo)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: aproximadament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大概 (daai⁶ koi³, daai⁶ koi^3-2)

  Mandarin: 大約 (zh), 大约 (zh) (dàyuē), 左右 (zh) (zuǒyòu), 將近 (zh), 将近 (zh) (jiāngjìn), 大致 (zh) (dàzhì), 或多或少 (zh) (huòduōhuòshǎo), 大概 (zh) (dàgài)

• Czech: přibližně (cs), zhruba (cs)
• Danish: omtrent, tilnærmelsesvis
• Dutch: ongeveer (nl)
• Esperanto: proksimume
• Estonian: umbkaudu
• Faroese: umleið
• Finnish: arviolta (fi), noin (fi), suurinpiirtein, suunnilleen (fi), palttiarallaa (fi), osapuilleen (fi)
• French: plus ou moins (fr), à peu près (fr), approximativement (fr), presque (fr), quasiment (fr), environ (fr), en gros (fr) (colloquial), à la louche (fr) (colloquial)
• Galician: aproximadamente, máis ou menos
• Georgian: დაახლოებით (daaxloebit)
• German: ungefähr (de), etwa (de), mehr oder weniger
• Greek: περίπου (el) (perípou)
• Hebrew: בקירוב‎‎ (be'qiruv)
• Hindi: लगभग (hi) (lagbhag)
• Hungarian: megközelítőleg (hu), körülbelül (hu), kb. (hu), durván (hu)
• Ido: proxime (io)
• Italian: approssimativamente (it), circa (it)
• Japanese: およそ (ja) (oyoso), 約 (ja) (やく, yaku), 大略 (たいりゃく, tairyaku)
• Kazakh: шамасында (şamasında), шамалап (şamalap)
• Khmer: ប្រមាណ (km) (prɑmaan), ប្រហែល (km) (prɑhael)
• Korean: 대략 (ko) (daeryak) (大略 (ko)), 약 (ko) (yak)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نزیکه‌ی‎‎ (nzîkey)

• Kyrgyz: чамасында (ky) (çamasında), чамалап (çamalap)

• Lao: ປະມານ (pa mān)
• Latin: plus minus, P.M.
• Latvian: apmēram
• Lithuanian: maždaug
• Macedonian: приближно (približno), околу (okolu)
• Mongolian: ойролцоогоор (ojroltsoogoor), барагцаалбал (baragtsaalbal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omtrent (no), bortimot

  Nynorsk: bortimot

• Novial: sirk
• Old English: hūhwega
• Persian: تقریباً‎‎ (taqriban)
• Polish: około (pl), mniej więcej (pl), z grubsza (pl), jako tako
• Portuguese: aproximadamente (pt)
• Romanian: aproximativ (ro)
• Russian: приблизи́тельно (ru) (priblizítelʹno), приме́рно (ru) (primérno), о́коло (ru) (ókolo), гру́бо (ru) (grúbo), ориентиро́вочно (ru) (orijentiróvočno), почти́ (ru) (počtí) (almost)
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt air
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: приближно

  Roman: približno (sh)

• Slovak: približne
• Slovene: približno
• Spanish: aproximadamente (es), más o menos (es)
• Swedish: ungefär (sv), cirka (sv), uppskattningsvis (sv)
• Tajik: тақрибан (taqriban)
• Tatar: якынча (yakınça)
• Telugu: సుమారుగా (te) (sumārugā)
• Thai: ประมาณ (th) (bprà-maan)
• Turkish: yaklaşık (tr)
• Turkmen: barabar (tk)
• Ukrainian: прибли́зно (pryblýzno), ма́йже (uk) (májže) (almost)
• Urdu: لگ بھگ‎‎ (ur) (lag bhag)
• Uzbek: taxminan (uz)
• Vietnamese: khoảng (vi), chừng (vi)
• Yiddish: אַן ערך‎‎ (an erekh)

See also

• circa