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Definition of Approximate
Approximate

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To come near to; to approach.

To draw; to approach.

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Approximate Quotations

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.
John Tukey

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
John Tukey

A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea.
Milan Kundera

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.
Garrett Hardin

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Approximate Translations

approximate in Dutch is benaderen
approximate in Norwegian is omtrentlig
approximate in Portuguese is aproxime
approximate in Spanish is aproximado

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