approximately

English

Alternative forms

• approx. (abbreviation)

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

Antonyms

• accurately, definitely, exactly, precisely

Related terms

• approximate

Translations

imprecise but close to in quantity or amount

• Arabic: حَوالي (Hawaalii)

  Egyptian Arabic: حوالي (Hawaalii)

• Bulgarian: приблизително (bg) (priblizitelno), почти (bg) (počti), около (bg) (okolo)
• Catalan: aproximadament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大約 (zh), 大约 (zh) (dàyuē), 左右 (zh) (zuǒyòu), 將近 (zh), 将近 (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
• 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)
• German: ungefähr (de), etwa (de)
• Greek: περίπου (el) (perípou)
• Hebrew: בקירוב (be'qiruv)
• Hindi: लगभग (lagbhag)
• Hungarian: megközelítőleg (hu), körülbelül (hu), kb. (hu), durván (hu)

• Italian: approssimativamente (it), circa (it)
• Japanese: およそ (oyoso), 約 (ja) (やく, yaku)
• Korean: 대략 (ko) (daeryak) (大略 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نزیکه‌ی

• Latvian: apmēram
• Lithuanian: maždaug
• Novial: sirk
• Persian: تقریبًا (fa) (taqriban)
• Portuguese: aproximadamente (pt)
• Romanian: aproximativ (ro)
• Russian: приблизительно (ru) (priblizítel'no), примерно (ru) (primérno), около (ru) (ókolo), грубо (ru) (grúbo)
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt air
• Spanish: aproximadamente (es)
• Swedish: ungefär (sv), cirka (sv), uppskattningsvis (sv)
• Telugu: సుమారుగా (sumārugā)
• Thai: ประมาณ (th) (bpràmaan)
• Turkish: yaklaşık (tr)
• Urdu: لگ بھگ (ur) (lag bhag)
• Vietnamese: khoảng (vi)

See also

• circa