"approximately" meaning in English

See approximately in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/ [General-American], /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-approximately.wav , en-us-approximately.ogg
Etymology: From approximate + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|approximate|-ly|id2=adverbial}} approximate + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} approximately (not comparable)
  1. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: approximate, circa Translations (imprecise but close to in quantity or amount): afërsisht (Albanian), përafërsisht (Albanian), afro (Albanian), حَوَالَيْ (ḥawālay) (Arabic), تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban) (Arabic), تقْريباً (taʔrīban) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), حوالي (ḥawālī) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), جوايه (jwāyih) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), تقْريباً (taʔríban) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), تقْريباً (taʔríban) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), حوالي (ḥawālī) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), մոտավորապես (motavorapes) (Armenian), təxmini (Azerbaijani), прыблі́зна (pryblízna) (Belarusian), прыкла́дна (prykládna) (Belarusian), ама́ль (amálʹ) (english: almost) (Belarusian), приблизи́телно (priblizítelno) (Bulgarian), почти́ (počtí) (Bulgarian), о́коло (ókolo) (Bulgarian), aproximadament (Catalan), نزیکەی (nzîkey) (Central Kurdish), 大概 (alt: daai⁶ koi³, daai⁶ koi³⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 大約 (Chinese Mandarin), 大约 (dàyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), 左右 (zuǒyòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 將近 (Chinese Mandarin), 将近 (jiāngjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 大致 (dàzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 或多或少 (huòduōhuòshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 大概 (dàgài) (Chinese Mandarin), přibližně (Czech), zhruba (Czech), omtrent (Danish), tilnærmelsesvis (Danish), ongeveer (Dutch), ruwweg (Dutch), grofweg (Dutch), pak hem beet (Dutch), иктаж (iktaž) (Eastern Mari), proksimume (Esperanto), umbkaudu (Estonian), umbes (Estonian), ligi (Estonian), umleið (Faroese), arviolta (Finnish), noin (Finnish), suurinpiirtein (Finnish), suunnilleen (Finnish), palttiarallaa (Finnish), osapuilleen (Finnish), plus ou moins (French), à peu près (French), approximativement (French), presque (French), quasiment (French), environ (French), en gros [colloquial] (French), à la louche [colloquial] (French), aproximadamente (Galician), máis ou menos (Galician), დაახლოებით (daaxloebit) (Georgian), ungefähr (German), etwa (German), mehr oder weniger (German), περίπου (perípou) (Greek), בְּעֵרֶךְ (be'érekh) (Hebrew), בְּקֵרוּב (be'kiruv) (Hebrew), लगभग (lagbhag) (Hindi), megközelítőleg (Hungarian), körülbelül (Hungarian), kb. (Hungarian), durván (Hungarian), nagyjából (Hungarian), mintegy (Hungarian), hozzávetőleg (Hungarian), sticker (Hunsrik), proxime (Ido), kira-kira (Indonesian), kurang lebih (Indonesian), approssimativamente (Italian), approssimatamente (Italian), circa (Italian), およそ (oyoso) (Japanese), (yaku) (alt: やく) (Japanese), 大略 (tairyaku) (alt: たいりゃく) (Japanese), шамасында (şamasynda) (Kazakh), шамалап (şamalap) (Kazakh), шамамен (şamamen) (Kazakh), ប្រមាណ (prɑɑmaan) (Khmer), ប្រហែល (prɑɑhael) (Khmer), 대략 (daeryak) (alt: 大略) (Korean), (yak) (alt: ) (Korean), чамасында (camasında) (Kyrgyz), чамалап (camalap) (Kyrgyz), ປະມານ (pa mān) (Lao), circiter (Latin), plus minus (Latin), P.M. (Latin), fere (Latin), apmēram (Latvian), maždaug (Lithuanian), приближно (približno) (Macedonian), околу (okolu) (Macedonian), ഏകദേശം (ēkadēśaṁ) (Malayalam), āhua (note: placed before the number it modifies) (Maori), ойролцоогоор (ojrolcoogoor) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), барагцаалбал (baragcaalbal) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), omtrent (Norwegian Bokmål), bortimot (Norwegian Bokmål), bortimot (Norwegian Nynorsk), hūhwega (Old English), تقریباً (taqriban) (Persian), onjefäa (Plautdietsch), około (Polish), mniej więcej (Polish), z grubsza (Polish), jako tako (Polish), aproximadamente (Portuguese), aproximativ (Romanian), приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno) (Russian), приме́рно (primérno) (Russian), о́коло (ókolo) (Russian), гру́бо (grúbo) (Russian), ориентиро́вочно (orijentiróvočno) (Russian), почти́ (počtí) (english: almost) (Russian), mu chuairt air (Scottish Gaelic), при́ближно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), príbližno [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), približne (Slovak), približno (Slovene), aproximadamente (Spanish), más o menos (Spanish), grosso modo (Spanish), plus minusve (Spanish), ungefär (Swedish), cirka (Swedish), uppskattningsvis (Swedish), тақрибан (taqriban) (Tajik), கிட்டத்தட்ட (kiṭṭattaṭṭa) (Tamil), தோராயமாக (tōrāyamāka) (Tamil), якынча (yakınça) (Tatar), సుమారుగా (sumārugā) (Telugu), ประมาณ (bprà-maan) (Thai), yaklaşık (Turkish), barabar (Turkmen), прибли́зно (pryblýzno) (Ukrainian), ма́йже (májže) (english: almost) (Ukrainian), зо (zo) (Ukrainian), لگ بھگ (lag bhag) (Urdu), taxminan (Uzbek), khoảng (Vietnamese), chừng (alt: ) (Vietnamese), אַן ערך (an erekh) (Yiddish), אומגעפֿער (umgefer) (Yiddish)
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Alternative forms

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          "text": "approximately 60 beats per minute",
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          "text": "Per 100 g of chocolate there is approximately 11.6 g of saturated fat.",
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          "ref": "2007 October 24, Jeffrey Alan Barrett, “Approximate Truth and Descriptive Nesting”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:",
          "text": "Returning to our own epistemic situation, we do not know the sense in which quantum mechanics and relativity will be taken to be approximately true after their descriptive infelicities are addressed.",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "approaching"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "around"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "by and large"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "circa"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "close"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "close to"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "essentially"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "for all practical purposes"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "tags": [
            "Britain",
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "fornigh"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "give or take"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "imprecisely"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "just about"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "kind of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "loosely"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "more or less"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "nearly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "near"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "nearabout"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "nigh on"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "odd"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "or so"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "plus or minus"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "roundly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "roughly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "say"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "some"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "-some"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "sort of"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "thereabout"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "virtually"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
          "word": "well-nigh"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:approximately",
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "afërsisht"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "përafërsisht"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "afro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥawālay",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "حَوَالَيْ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taqrīban",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "تَقْرِيبًا"
        },
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taʔrīban",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "تقْريباً"
        },
        {
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥawālī",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "حوالي"
        },
        {
          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jwāyih",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "جوايه"
        },
        {
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taʔríban",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "North-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "تقْريباً"
        },
        {
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taʔríban",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "تقْريباً"
        },
        {
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥawālī",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "حوالي"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "motavorapes",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "մոտավորապես"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "təxmini"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pryblízna",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "прыблі́зна"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "prykládna",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "прыкла́дна"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "english": "almost",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "amálʹ",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ама́ль"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "priblizítelno",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "приблизи́телно"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "počtí",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "почти́"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ókolo",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "о́коло"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "aproximadament"
        },
        {
          "alt": "daai⁶ koi³, daai⁶ koi³⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "大概"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "大約"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàyuē",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "大约"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuǒyòu",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "左右"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "將近"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiāngjìn",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "将近"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàzhì",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "大致"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huòduōhuòshǎo",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "或多或少"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàgài",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "大概"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "přibližně"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "zhruba"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "omtrent"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "tilnærmelsesvis"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ongeveer"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ruwweg"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "grofweg"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "pak hem beet"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "proksimume"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "umbkaudu"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "umbes"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ligi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "umleið"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "arviolta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "noin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "suurinpiirtein"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "suunnilleen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "palttiarallaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "osapuilleen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "plus ou moins"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "à peu près"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "approximativement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "presque"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "quasiment"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "environ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "en gros"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "à la louche"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "aproximadamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "máis ou menos"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daaxloebit",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "დაახლოებით"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ungefähr"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "etwa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "mehr oder weniger"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perípou",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "περίπου"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "be'érekh",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "בְּעֵרֶךְ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "be'kiruv",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "בְּקֵרוּב"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lagbhag",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "लगभग"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "megközelítőleg"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "körülbelül"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "kb."
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "durván"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "nagyjából"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "mintegy"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "hozzávetőleg"
        },
        {
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "sticker"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "proxime"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "kira-kira"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "kurang lebih"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "approssimativamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "approssimatamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "circa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oyoso",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "およそ"
        },
        {
          "alt": "やく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yaku",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "約"
        },
        {
          "alt": "たいりゃく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tairyaku",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "大略"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şamasynda",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "шамасында"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şamalap",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "шамалап"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "şamamen",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "шамамен"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑɑmaan",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ប្រមាណ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑɑhael",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ប្រហែល"
        },
        {
          "alt": "大略",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daeryak",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "대략"
        },
        {
          "alt": "約",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yak",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "약"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "nzîkey",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "نزیکەی"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "camasında",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "чамасында"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "camalap",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "чамалап"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pa mān",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ປະມານ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "circiter"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "plus minus"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "P.M."
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "fere"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "apmēram"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "maždaug"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "približno",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "приближно"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "okolu",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "околу"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ēkadēśaṁ",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "ഏകദേശം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "placed before the number it modifies",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "āhua"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "iktaž",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "иктаж"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ojrolcoogoor",
          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ойролцоогоор"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "baragcaalbal",
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          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "hūhwega"
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          "roman": "taqriban",
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          "word": "تقریباً"
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          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
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          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "około"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "mniej więcej"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
          "word": "jako tako"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "te",
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          "word": "సుమారుగా"
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          "word": "ประมาณ"
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          "word": "прибли́зно"
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          "word": "ма́йже"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "code": "ur",
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          "word": "لگ بھگ"
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          "roman": "umgefer",
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          "word": "אומגעפֿער"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "təxmini"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pryblízna",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "прыблі́зна"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "prykládna",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "прыкла́дна"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "almost",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "amálʹ",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ама́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priblizítelno",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "приблизи́телно"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počtí",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "почти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ókolo",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "о́коло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "aproximadament"
    },
    {
      "alt": "daai⁶ koi³, daai⁶ koi³⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "大概"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "大約"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàyuē",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "大约"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuǒyòu",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "左右"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "將近"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāngjìn",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "将近"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàzhì",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "大致"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huòduōhuòshǎo",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "或多或少"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàgài",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "大概"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "přibližně"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "zhruba"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "omtrent"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "tilnærmelsesvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ongeveer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ruwweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "grofweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "pak hem beet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "proksimume"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "umbkaudu"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "umbes"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "umleið"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "arviolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "noin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "suurinpiirtein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "suunnilleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "palttiarallaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "osapuilleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "plus ou moins"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "à peu près"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "approximativement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "presque"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "quasiment"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "environ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "en gros"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "à la louche"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "máis ou menos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daaxloebit",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "დაახლოებით"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ungefähr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "etwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "mehr oder weniger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perípou",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "περίπου"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "be'érekh",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "בְּעֵרֶךְ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "be'kiruv",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "בְּקֵרוּב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lagbhag",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "लगभग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "megközelítőleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "körülbelül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "kb."
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "durván"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "nagyjából"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "mintegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "hozzávetőleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "sticker"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "proxime"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "kira-kira"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "kurang lebih"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "approssimativamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "approssimatamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "circa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oyoso",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "およそ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "やく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yaku",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "約"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たいりゃく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tairyaku",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "大略"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şamasynda",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "шамасында"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şamalap",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "шамалап"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şamamen",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "шамамен"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑmaan",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ប្រមាណ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑhael",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ប្រហែល"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大略",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "daeryak",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "대략"
    },
    {
      "alt": "約",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yak",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "약"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "nzîkey",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "نزیکەی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "camasında",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "чамасында"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "camalap",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "чамалап"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pa mān",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ປະມານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "circiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "plus minus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "P.M."
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "fere"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "apmēram"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "maždaug"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "približno",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "приближно"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "okolu",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "околу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ēkadēśaṁ",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ഏകദേശം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "placed before the number it modifies",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "āhua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "iktaž",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "иктаж"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ojrolcoogoor",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ойролцоогоор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "baragcaalbal",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "барагцаалбал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "omtrent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "bortimot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "bortimot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "hūhwega"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "taqriban",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "تقریباً"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "onjefäa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "około"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "mniej więcej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "z grubsza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "jako tako"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "aproximativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priblizítelʹno",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "приблизи́тельно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "primérno",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "приме́рно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ókolo",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "о́коло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grúbo",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "гру́бо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "orijentiróvočno",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ориентиро́вочно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "almost",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "počtí",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "почти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "mu chuairt air"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "при́ближно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "príbližno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "približne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "približno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "aproximadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "más o menos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "grosso modo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "plus minusve"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ungefär"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "cirka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "uppskattningsvis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "taqriban",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "тақрибан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kiṭṭattaṭṭa",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "கிட்டத்தட்ட"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tōrāyamāka",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "தோராயமாக"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "yakınça",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "якынча"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sumārugā",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "సుమారుగా"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-maan",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ประมาณ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "yaklaşık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "barabar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryblýzno",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "прибли́зно"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "almost",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "májže",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "ма́йже"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zo",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "зо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "lag bhag",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "لگ بھگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "taxminan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "khoảng"
    },
    {
      "alt": "澄",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "chừng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "an erekh",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "אַן ערך"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "umgefer",
      "sense": "imprecise but close to in quantity or amount",
      "word": "אומגעפֿער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "approximately"
}

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