Sentences with approximate
ap·prox·i·mate
A a - The approximate cost varies from around £150 to £250.
- They did not have even an approximate idea what the Germans really wanted.
- An approximate 8% increase in the size of the UK population since 1977 has resulted in a general boost in demand for housing.
- That in this very moment he suddenly understood how to make approximate corrections in mismeasurements of the trajectories of planets.
- Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured. [VERB + to]
- Only an approximate fit
- The adjective is pronounced (əprɒksɪmət ). The verb is pronounced (əprɒksɪmeɪt ).
- This painting approximates reality
- The approximate time was 10 o'clock.
- To approximate an ideal.
- We approximated the distance at three miles.
- The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.
- To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke.
- The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.
- Approximate results or values. To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.