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• General-American: /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 P R AA1 K S AH0 M AH0 T L IY0 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 Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English approximately From approximate + -ly.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: afërsisht — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Albanian: përafërsisht — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Albanian: afro — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: حَوَالَيْ (ḥawālay) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: تَقْرِيبًا (taqrīban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: تقْريباً (taʔrīban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: جوايه (jwāyih) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: تقْريباً (taʔríban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: تقْريباً (taʔríban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Arabic: حوالي (ḥawālī) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Armenian: մոտավորապես (motavorapes) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Azerbaijani: təxminən — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Azerbaijani: təqribən — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Bashkir: яҡынса (yaqınsa) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Belarusian: прыблі́зна (pryblízna) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Belarusian: прыкла́дна (prykládna) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Belarusian: ама́ль (amálʹ) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Bengali: প্রায় (praẏ) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Bulgarian: приблизи́телно (priblizítelno) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Bulgarian: почти́ (počtí) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Bulgarian: о́коло (ókolo) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Burmese: ခန့်မှန်းခြေ (hkan.hman:hkre) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Burmese: ခန့် (hkan.) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Catalan: aproximadament — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Cantonese: 大概 — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 大約 /大约 (dàyuē) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 左右 (zuǒyòu) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 將近 /将近 (jiāngjìn) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 大致 (dàzhì) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 或多或少 (huòduōhuòshǎo) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 大概 (dàgài) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Czech: přibližně — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Czech: zhruba — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Danish: omtrent — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Danish: tilnærmelsesvis — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Dutch: ongeveer — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Dutch: ruwweg — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Dutch: grofweg — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Dutch: pak hem beet — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Esperanto: proksimume — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Estonian: umbkaudu — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Estonian: umbes — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Estonian: ligi — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Faroese: umleið — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Finnish: arviolta — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Finnish: noin — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Finnish: suurinpiirtein — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Finnish: suunnilleen — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Finnish: palttiarallaa — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Finnish: osapuilleen — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: plus ou moins — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: à peu près — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: approximativement — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: presque — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: quasiment — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: environ — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: en gros — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• French: à la louche — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Galician: aproximadamente — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Galician: máis ou menos — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Georgian: დაახლოებით (daaxloebit) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• German: ungefähr — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• German: etwa — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• German: mehr oder weniger — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Greek: περίπου (perípou) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Ancient Greek: ὡς (hōs) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hebrew: בְּעֵרֶךְ (be'érekh) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hebrew: בְּקֵרוּב (be'kiruv) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hindi: लगभग (lagbhag) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hindi: तक़रीबन (taqrīban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: megközelítőleg — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: körülbelül — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: kb. — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: durván — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: nagyjából — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: mintegy — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hungarian: hozzávetőleg — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Hunsrik: sticker — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Icelandic: um það bil — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Ido: proxime — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Indonesian: kira-kira — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Indonesian: kurang lebih — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Irish: timpeall — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Irish: thart ar — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Italian: approssimativamente — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Italian: approssimatamente — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Italian: circa — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Japanese: およそ (oyoso) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Japanese: 約 (yaku) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Japanese: 大略 (tairyaku) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Kazakh: шамасында (şamasynda) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Kazakh: шамалап (şamalap) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Kazakh: шамамен (şamamen) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Khmer: ប្រមាណ (prɑɑmaan) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Khmer: ប្រហែល (prɑɑhael) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Korean: 대략 (daeryak) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Korean: 약 (yak) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Central Kurdish: نزیکەی (nzîkey) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Northern Kurdish: nêzîkî — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Kyrgyz: чамасында (camasında) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Kyrgyz: чамалап (camalap) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Lao: ປະມານ (pa mān) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Latin: circiter — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Latin: plus minus — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Latin: P.M. — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Latin: fere — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Latvian: apmēram — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Lithuanian: maždaug — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Macedonian: приближно (približno) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Macedonian: околу (okolu) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Malayalam: ഏകദേശം (ēkadēśaṁ) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Māori: āhua — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Eastern Mari: иктаж (iktaž) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Mongolian: ойролцоогоор (ojrolcoogoor) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Mongolian: барагцаалбал (baragcaalbal) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Norwegian Bokmål: omtrent — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Norwegian Bokmål: bortimot — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bortimot — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Old English: hūhwega — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Pashto: تقريباً (taqríban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Pashto: شاوخوا (šāwxwā) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Dari: تَقْرِیباً (taqrīban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Iranian Persian: تَقْریباً (taġriban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Plautdietsch: onjefäa — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Polish: około — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Polish: mniej więcej — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Polish: z grubsza — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Polish: jako tako — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Portuguese: aproximadamente — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Romanian: aproximativ — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Russian: приблизи́тельно (priblizítelʹno) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Russian: приме́рно (primérno) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Russian: о́коло (ókolo) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Russian: гру́бо (grúbo) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Russian: ориентиро́вочно (orijentiróvočno) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Russian: почти́ (počtí) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Scottish Gaelic: mu chuairt air — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Serbo-Croatian: при́ближно — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Serbo-Croatian: príbližno — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Slovak: približne — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Slovene: približno — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Spanish: aproximadamente — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Spanish: a eso de — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Swedish: ungefär — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Swedish: cirka — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Swedish: uppskattningsvis — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Tajik: тақрибан (taqriban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Tamil: கிட்டத்தட்ட (kiṭṭattaṭṭa) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Tamil: தோராயமாக (tōrāyamāka) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Tatar: якынча (yaqınça) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Telugu: సుమారుగా (sumārugā) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Thai: ประมาณ (bprà-maan) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Turkish: yaklaşık — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Turkish: takriben — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Turkmen: barabar — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Turkmen: takmynan — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Turkmen: töweregi — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Ukrainian: прибли́зно (pryblýzno) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Ukrainian: ма́йже (májže) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Ukrainian: зо (zo) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Urdu: لَگ بَھگ (lag bhag) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Urdu: تَقْرِیباً (taqrīban) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Uyghur: تەخمىنەن (texminen) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Uzbek: taxminan — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Uzbek: taqriban — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Vietnamese: khoảng — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Vietnamese: chừng — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Yiddish: אַן ערך (an erekh) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount
• Yiddish: אומגעפֿער (umgefer) — imprecise but close to in quantity or amount