approximate
adjective
near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
have approximated
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present perfectof approximate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Using a model of a 3,000-year-old mummy’s vocal tract, researchers have approximated the voice of a long-dead Egyptian priest.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020
A scene in which Maya examines her Japanese features in a mirror has a complicated gravity that a real kid might have approximated, but not so fully embodied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
Experimenters have approximated the Leggett and Garg test.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 12, 2016
From the resulting curves, they have approximated the deceleration of the galaxies as they recede from the earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
French and ultra-French must have been the ideal of the good or the noble to which he could have approximated in the estimate of the most thoughtless.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
