approximate
adjective
near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
approximated
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past participleof approximate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof approximate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
approximateadjectivenear or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
Example Sentences
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She grew up loving Amy Winehouse and approximated her belting manner on some cuts, but other songs were more in the realm of glittery electro-pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The researchers first used a vacuum pump to remove air from glass tubes, producing conditions that approximated the near emptiness of space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The depreciation cost, they approximated, is actually $400 million a year, not $138 million like standard accounting principles had suggested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The queso started fine but eventually congealed into something that approximated lukewarm paste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
He’d even approximated the artillery reach from each of the gun turrets on the towers and signified with dotted lines how he guessed the different inner chambers would be laid out.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
