adjective. Almost exact or correct.

adjective. Very similar; closely resembling.

adjective. Close together but not united.

intransitive verb. To come close to; be nearly the same as.

intransitive verb. To bring near.

intransitive verb. To bring together, as cut edges of tissue.

intransitive verb. To come near or close, as in degree, nature, or quality.

To carry or bring near; advance closely upon; cause to approach in position, quality, character, condition, etc.

To come near; approach closely; figuratively, to stand in intimate relation; be remarkably similar.

Near in position; near to; close together.

In botany, said of leaves or other organs that stand near together.

Near in character; very similar: as, a statement closely approximate to a falsehood.

Nearly approaching accuracy or correctness; nearly precise, perfect, or complete: as, an approximate result; approximate values.

intransitive verb. To draw; to approach.

adjective. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

adjective. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

adjective. those which are nearly, but not, equal.

transitive verb. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

transitive verb. To come near to; to approach.

adjective. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

adjective. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

verb. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

verb. To come near to; to approach.

verb. To estimate.

verb. be close or similar

adjective. located close together

verb. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

adjective. not quite exact or correct

adjective. very close in resemblance

"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."

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close  inexact  

proximate  

acceptable  comparable  correspond  exact  finite  

accost  advance  advancing  ape  appear like  

approximated  approximates  approximating