Approximate in a sentence as a verb

This seems like a romantically bohemian way to approximate a pampered middle class kid's idea of how poor people live.

#2 in particular is ridiculous, because it doesn't decline properly, and is trying to approximate a 'j' sound with 'tz'.

Your experts can guess the approximate settings for everything, but the crucial final 5% needs to be dialed in by trial and error.

That point is where rendering an organic world a voxel at a time looks better than rendering zillions of polygons to approximate an organic world.

And, the levels were designed so that the various sound effects caused by Mario stomping on and bumping into things vaguely approximate the music to Don't Stop Me Now.

Only if we refused to relate or interact on any basis whatsoever could we approximate structurelessness — and that is not the nature of a human group.

Approximate in a sentence as an adjective

They know what products they sell, in what volume, they probably know the approximate margins achievable on the products sold and they know the customer service rating of each merchant.

It did not take much Excel modeling to figure out the approximate price points for Bitcoin where the exchanges' published margin requirements would trigger cascading margin calls.

If its between adding yet another collection of utility functions to approximate the functionality jQuery would give me vs just adding jQuery.

Apple is preventing sales of tablets because they have round corners and the approximate shape of an iPad, and Intellectual Ventures is getting ready to obliterate companies.

In case such films are imported as undeveloped negatives exposed abroad, the approximate number of feet shall be ascertained by weighing before they are allowed to be developed and printed and such film shall be previewed by a qualified employee of the Customs Service after having been developed and printed.

Approximate definitions

verb

be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

verb

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

See also: estimate gauge guess judge

adjective

not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"

See also: approximative rough

adjective

very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness"

See also: near

adjective

located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"