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# approximately

«approximately» in Mova's school dictionary: **Close to an exact amount, number or time, but not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Close to an exact amount, number or time, but not exactly; about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A key maths word: "approximately" means estimate or round. "Approximately 30 children" could be 28 or 31. The sign ≈ means "is approximately equal to". In science, measurements are often approximate. Phrases: approximately equal, approximately how many.

### examples

- There were approximately 200 people at the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x1)
- The journey takes approximately two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x2)
- 49 + 52 is approximately 100. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x3)
- Round 3.87 to approximately 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x4)
- The bag weighs approximately 5 kilograms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x5)
- Approximately half the class walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x6)
- Estimate approximately how many beans are in the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/#x7)

### note

Adjective: approximate. Shorter: about, roughly, around, nearly. Maths: an approximate answer is rounded, so do not give lots of decimals; the sign is ≈. "Approximately" does not tell you whether the real number is higher or lower.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «approximately» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/approximately/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.