Usually means: Estimates closely but not exactly.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. approximates: Merriam-Webster
  2. approximates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. approximates: Vocabulary.com
  4. approximates: Wordnik
  5. approximates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. approximates: Wiktionary
  7. approximates: Dictionary.com
  8. approximates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. approximates: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approximates: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approximates: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approximates: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. approximates: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (approximate)

adjective:  Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
adjective:  Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To estimate.
verb:  (transitive) To come near to; to approach.
verb:  (transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
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