approximate
adjective
near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
am approximating
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present progressiveof approximate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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All that passed at your house will prove very useful to me; and I trust that I am approximating somewhat to that genuine humility which is so indispensable to true regeneration.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Margaret Fuller
