approximate

  1. Adjective.  Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
  2. Adjective.  Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
  3. Verb.  To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
  4. Verb.  To come near to; to approach.
  5. Verb.  To estimate.

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