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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 P R AA1 K S AH0 M AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin proximō Latin approximō Latin approximātusder. Middle English approximat English approximate From Middle English approximat(e) (“close, near (to); similar; intimate”, also used as the past participle of approximaten), from Latin approximātus, the perfect passive participle of approximō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + proximō (“to come near”). The noun was derived from the adjective through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). See also proximate. By surface analysis, ap- + proximate.

From Middle English approximaten (“to bring, put close (to)”), from approximat(e) (“close, near (to); similar; intimate”, also used as the past participle of approximaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin approximātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: приблизи́телен (priblizítelen) — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Catalan: aproximat — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Czech: přibližný — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Danish: nær — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Dutch: benaderend — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Finnish: likimääräinen — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Finnish: läheinen — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• French: approximant — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• German: annähernd — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• German: ungefähr — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• German: zirka — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• German: circa — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Greek: παραπλήσιος (paraplísios) — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Malayalam: ഏകദേശ (ēkadēśa) — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Malayalam: ഏകദേശമായ (ēkadēśamāya) — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Portuguese: aproximado — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Spanish: aproximado — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Tagalog: madapit — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Welsh: bras — approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• Arabic: تَقْرِيبِيّ (taqrībiyy) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Armenian: մոտավոր (motavor) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Azerbaijani: təxmini — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Azerbaijani: təqribi — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Belarusian: прыблі́зны (pryblízny) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Bulgarian: приблизи́телен (priblizítelen) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Catalan: aproximat — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Czech: přibližný — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Danish: omtrentlig — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Dutch: ongeveer — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Dutch: bij benadering — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Finnish: arvioitu — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Finnish: likiarvoinen — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Finnish: likimääräinen — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Finnish: suuntaa antava — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• French: approximatif — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• German: annähernd — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• German: ungefähr — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• German: zirka — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• German: circa — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Greek: χονδρικός (chondrikós) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Hungarian: megközelítő — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Hungarian: hozzávetőleges — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Hungarian: körülbelüli — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Italian: approssimativo — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Italian: approssimato — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Macedonian: приближен (približen) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Malayalam: ഏകദേശ (ēkadēśa) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Māori: āwhiwhiwhi — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Māori: āwhiwhi — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Norwegian Bokmål: omtrentlig — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Norwegian Nynorsk: omtrentleg — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Polish: przybliżony — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Portuguese: aproximado — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Russian: приблизи́тельный (priblizítelʹnyj) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Russian: приме́рный (primérnyj) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Russian: прибли́женный (priblížennyj) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Serbo-Croatian: при́ближан — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Serbo-Croatian: príbližan — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Slovak: približný — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Slovene: približen — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Spanish: aproximado — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Swedish: ungefärlig — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Swedish: approximativ — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Tagalog: madapit — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Ukrainian: прибли́зний (pryblýznyj) — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Vietnamese: xấp xỉ — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Vietnamese: xêm xêm — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Welsh: bras — near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
• Bulgarian: приближа́вам се до (približávam se do) — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Danish: nærme — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Danish: tilnærme — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Finnish: lähentää — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• French: approximer — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• German: annähern — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Greek: προσεγγίζω (prosengízo) — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Greek: πλησιάζω (plisiázo) — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Māori: whakaawhiwhi — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Portuguese: aproximar — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Spanish: avanzar — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Spanish: acercar — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Spanish: juntar — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Spanish: estrechar — to carry or advance near; to cause to approach
• Bulgarian: приближавам се до (približavam se do) — to come near to; to approach
• Danish: nærme — to come near to; to approach
• Danish: tilnærme — to come near to; to approach
• Esperanto: proksimumi — to come near to; to approach
• Finnish: lähentyä — to come near to; to approach
• Finnish: lähestyä — to come near to; to approach
• French: approximer — to come near to; to approach
• German: annähern — to come near to; to approach
• German: annähernd erreichen — to come near to; to approach
• Greek: προσεγγίζω (prosengízo) — to come near to; to approach
• Greek: πλησιάζω (plisiázo) — to come near to; to approach
• Hungarian: megközelít — to come near to; to approach
• Māori: āwhiwhiwhi — to come near to; to approach
• Māori: whakatata — to come near to; to approach
• Portuguese: aproximar-se — to come near to; to approach
• Spanish: acercarse — to come near to; to approach
• Spanish: aproximarse — to come near to; to approach
• Finnish: arvioida — to estimate
• Finnish: approksimoida — to estimate
• Finnish: estimoida — to estimate
• Greek: προσεγγίζω (prosengízo) — to estimate
• Hebrew: שִׁעֵר (shi'ér) — to estimate
• Māori: whakaawhiwhi — to estimate
• Māori: whakaāwhiwhiwhi — to estimate
• Polish: aproksymować — to estimate
• Polish: zaproksymować — to estimate
• Portuguese: aproximar — to estimate
• Russian: приближаться (približatʹsja) — to estimate
• Russian: почти равняться (počti ravnjatʹsja) — to estimate
• Spanish: estimar — to estimate