adjective/verb · academic
approximate
UK/əˈprɒksɪmət/US/əˈprɑːksɪmət/ap·prox·I·mate
Band 6-7task1task2speaking
(adj) nearly correct or accurate; (v) to estimate or come close to a value
Examples
“The figures are an approximate estimate, not exact counts.”
“We can approximate the cost based on previous projects.”
“The approximate distance between the cities is 200 km.”
Band 8 sentence
“While exact figures are unavailable, we can provide an approximate projection based on historical trends.”
Collocations
- an approximate estimate
- approximate value
- approximate cost
Word family
approximately adverbapproximation noun
Common mistakes
exactly→approximately
about→approximately
Say it for a higher band
5about→6estimate→7+approximate
Synonyms
rough
estimate
Easily confused
estimate
“The engineer provided an estimate of the project's duration.”
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