approximate

IPA: ʌprˈɑksʌmʌt

Examples of "approximate" in Sentences

Approximately of the land is irrigated.
The base of the pillar is approximately.
The approximate population of the area is 4093.
Mesquite is the approximate center of the valley.
The approximate center of the Solitario is located.
The site of the wreck is approximately near the island.
The Magic Towns, in approximate order of their date of designation, are:
Most of all, they demonstrate how messy and approximate is the business of statecraft.
Some of the words above seem deceptively simple, but more than often they have meanings that can only be expressed in approximate ways in other languages.
A couple of weeks ago, Channel 4's Time Team archaeology programme was investigating a Roman mansio, which they described as the approximate equivalent of a motel and wayside inn, in the South of England.
There was the one about her walking home from school (uphill both ways in the snow) and seeing a man sitting on his “honkers” (the best translation we can approximate is “haunches” but it sounded much, much scarier with “honkers” inserted) on the side of the road.
The term approximate is used above by reason of the fact that no sharps or flats were written until long after this period, but it is thought that they were occasionally interpolated by the singers quite a long time before it became customary to put them into the notation.