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approximately:
- à peu près; environ; plus ou moins; vers; grossièrement; globulaire; sphérique; autour
Wiktionary:
- approximately → plus ou moins, à peu près, approximativement
- approximately → approximativement, environ, sensiblement, par estimation, approximatif, à peu près
- approximate → approximer
- approximate → approximatif, approximant
- approximate → approximer, approximatif

English

Detailed Translations for approximately from English to French

approximately:

approximately adv

approximately (about; roughly; round; around; globular; something like)
à peu près; environ; plus ou moins; vers; grossièrement; globulaire; sphérique
- à peu près adj
- environ adj
- plus ou moins adj
- vers adj
- grossièrement adj
- globulaire adj
- sphérique adj
approximately (about; round)
à peu près; autour
- à peu près adj
- autour adj

Translation Matrix for approximately:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
autour		hawk
globulaire		globe-flower
vers		line of poetry; poem; poetry; stanza; strophe; verse
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	about; around; close to; just about; more or less; or so; roughly; some
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	about; around; roughly
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
autour	about; approximately; round	all round; around; round; round about; surrounding
environ	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	apt; around here; around this; in the vicinity
globulaire	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	circular; globular; rotund; round; spherical
grossièrement	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	arrogant; banal; below the belt; coarse; commonplace; discourteous; gross; ill-mannered; impertinent; impolite; impudent; indecent; insolent; loutish; nasty; oafish; offensive; overbearing; plump; presumptuous; rotten; rude; seedy; shabby; shameless; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
plus ou moins	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	to some extent
sphérique	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	circular; globular; plump; rotund; round; spherical
vers	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	for; there; to; towards
à peu près	about; approximately; around; globular; roughly; round; something like	almost; forthwith; nearly; practically; virtually; well-nigh

Related Words for "approximately":

approximate

Synonyms for "approximately":

about; close to; just about; some; roughly; more or less; around; or so

Related Definitions for "approximately":

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct¹
- lasted approximately an hour¹

Wiktionary Translations for approximately:

approximately

adverb

imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
- approximately → plus ou moins; à peu près; approximativement

approximately

-
- approximativement; environ; sensiblement → approximately; roughly; or so; vaguely; around; about; some; noticeably; appreciably; markedly; deeply

adverb

environ
- à peu près → give or take; roughly; about; approximately; around; some

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• approximately	→ environ	↔ ongeveer — bij benadering
• approximately	→ approximativement; par estimation	↔ schätzungsweise — nach Schätzungen; auf einer Schätzung beruhend
• approximately	→ approximatif	↔ ungefähr — nicht genau
• approximately	→ environ; à peu près	↔ ungefähr — nicht genau bestimmt, grob umrissen

approximate:

Translation Matrix for approximate:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	come close; estimate; gauge; guess; judge
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	approximative; close together; near; rough
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	rough

Related Words for "approximate":

approximately, approximation

Synonyms for "approximate":

approximative; rough; inexact
near; close
close together
come close; resemble
estimate; gauge; guess; judge; calculate; cipher; cypher; compute; work out; reckon; figure; overestimate; underestimate

Related Definitions for "approximate":

located close together¹
- approximate leaves grow together but are not united¹
very close in resemblance¹
- sketched in an approximate likeness¹
not quite exact or correct¹
- the approximate time was 10 o'clock¹
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)¹
be close or similar¹
- Her results approximate my own¹

Wiktionary Translations for approximate:

approximate

verb

to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
- approximate → approximer
to come near to; to approach
- approximate → approximer

adjective

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
- approximate → approximatif
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
- approximate → approximant

approximate

adjective

Qui est fait par approximation.
- approximatif → approximate

verb

Être proche de, être très voisin de.
- approximer → approximate

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• approximate	→ approximer	↔ approximeren — (wiskunde, nld) (natuurkunde, nld) benaderen
• approximate	→ approximatif	↔ approximativ — bildungssprachlich: annäherungsweise, nur in der Annäherung

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University