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"Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling."
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"text": "approximate results or values"
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{
"text": "NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions."
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"word": "تَقْرِيبِيّ"
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"word": "մոտավոր"
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"word": "omtrentlig"
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"word": "ongeveer"
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"word": "arvioitu"
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"word": "likiarvoinen"
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"word": "likimääräinen"
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"word": "suuntaa antava"
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"word": "przybliżony"
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"text": "I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.",
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"ref": "1911, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax",
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"third-person"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "approximated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "approximated",
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22",
"text": "As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To estimate."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"estimate",
"estimate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To estimate."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1911, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax",
"text": "When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1802, Jedidiah Morse, The American Universal Geography",
"text": "The telescope approximates perfection.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To come near to; to approach."
],
"links": [
[
"near",
"near"
],
[
"approach",
"approach"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To come near to; to approach."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To carry or advance near; to cause to approach."
],
"links": [
[
"carry",
"carry"
],
[
"advance",
"advance"
],
[
"approach",
"approach"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ə.ˈpɹɑk.sə.meɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-us-approximate-adj.ogg/En-us-approximate-adj.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-us-approximate-adj.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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"audio": "en-us-approximate-verb.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3c/En-us-approximate-verb.ogg/En-us-approximate-verb.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-us-approximate-verb.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"raw_tags": [
"for adverb approximately"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"also"
],
"word": "approx."
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približavam se do",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "приближавам се до"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "nærme"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "tilnærme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "lähentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "approximer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "annähern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosengízo",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "προσεγγίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plisiázo",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "πλησιάζω"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "aproximar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "avanzar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "acercar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "juntar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to carry or advance near; to cause to approach",
"word": "estrechar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "približavam se do",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "приближавам се до"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "nærme"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "tilnærme"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "lähentyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "lähestyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "approximer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "annähern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "annähernd erreichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosengízo",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "προσεγγίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "plisiázo",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "πλησιάζω"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "āwhiwhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "whakatata"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "aproximar-se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "acercarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come near to; to approach",
"word": "aproximarse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "arvioida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "approksimoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "estimoida"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosengízo",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "προσεγγίζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "Leshaer",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "לשער"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "whakaawhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "whakaāwhiwhiwhi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to estimate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "aproksymować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to estimate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaproksymować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "aproximar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približatʹsja",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "приближаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počti ravnjatʹsja",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "почти равняться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to estimate",
"word": "estimar"
}
],
"word": "approximate"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "approximāte",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "approximāte"
},
"expansion": "approximāte",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "approximō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person plural present active imperative of approximō"
],
"links": [
[
"approximō",
"approximo#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"word": "approximate"
}
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