Approximately — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæɹˈɪkəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɐpɹˈɒksɪmətli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɐpɹˈɒksɪmətli/

6 syllables Say it as /kæɹˈɪkəs/.

Examples

lasted approximately an hour
in just about a minute
he's about 30 years old

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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

Parts of Speech

adverb

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

“lasted approximately an hour”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

etwa

(von Mengen) ungenau, aber ziemlich nah an der Richtigkeit

🇫🇷French

environ

(de quantités) imprécis mais assez proche du correct

🇪🇸Spanish

aproximadamente

(de cantidades) impreciso pero bastante cercano a correcto

🇮🇹Italian

circa

(di quantità) impreciso ma abbastanza vicino al corretto

🇳🇱Dutch

ongeveer

(van hoeveelheden) onnauwkeurig maar redelijk dichtbij correct

🇵🇹Portuguese

aproximadamente

(de quantidades) impreciso, mas bastante próximo do correto

🇷🇺Russian

примерно

(о количествах) неточно, но довольно близко к правильному

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लगभग

(मात्राओं का) अस्पष्ट लेकिन सही होने के काफी करीब

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রায়

(পরিমাণে) অসম্পূর্ণ কিন্তু মোটামুটি সঠিকের কাছাকাছি

🇮🇳Tamil

தோராயமாக

(அளவுகளில்) துல்லியமற்றது ஆனால் சரியானது

🇮🇳Telugu

సుమారుగా

(పరిమాణాల) ఖచ్చితమైనది కాని సరిదిద్దడానికి చాలా దగ్గరగా ఉంటుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

अंदाजे

(प्रमाणांचे) अशुद्ध परंतु बरोबरच्या अगदी जवळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

લગભગ

(જથ્થામાં) અચોક્કસ પરંતુ યોગ્યની એકદમ નજીક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸರಿಸುಮಾರು

(ಪ್ರಮಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ) ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ ಆದರೆ ಸರಿಯಾಗಲು ತಕ್ಕಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഏകദേശം

(അളവുകളുടെ) കൃത്യതയില്ലാത്തതും എന്നാൽ ശരിയോട് വളരെ അടുത്താണ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲਗਭਗ

(ਮਾਤਰਾਂ ਦੀ) ਅਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਪਰ ਸਹੀ ਦੇ ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਨੇੜੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

تقریباً

(مقداروں کی) غلط لیکن درست کے کافی قریب

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

大约

（数量）不精确但相当接近正确

🇯🇵Japanese

約

（数量については）不正確だがかなり正確に近い

🇰🇷Korean

약

(수량의) 부정확하지만 거의 정확함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khoảng

(về số lượng) không chính xác nhưng khá gần đúng

🇹🇭Thai

ประมาณ

(ของปริมาณ) ไม่ชัดเจนแต่ค่อนข้างใกล้เคียงกับความถูกต้อง

🇮🇩Indonesian

sekitar

(kuantitas) tidak tepat tetapi cukup mendekati benar

🇵🇭Filipino

humigit-kumulang

(ng mga dami) hindi tumpak ngunit medyo malapit sa tama

🇲🇾Malay

lebih kurang

(daripada kuantiti) tidak tepat tetapi agak hampir dengan betul

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تقريبًا

(للكميات) غير دقيقة ولكنها قريبة إلى حد ما من الصحيح

🇮🇷Persian

تقریبا

(از مقادیر) نادقیق اما نسبتاً نزدیک به صحیح

🇹🇷Turkish

yaklaşık olarak

(miktarların) kesin değil ancak gerçeğe oldukça yakın

🇮🇱Hebrew

בְּעֵרֶך

(של כמויות) לא מדויק אבל די קרוב לנכון

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The primary meaning of 'approximately' is '(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct'.

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