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Roughly, approximately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- How many people came to the party? – Thirty or so.
- It was about half full or so.
- In the first twenty or so years.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lasted approximately an hour
- in just about a minute
- he's about 30 years old
- I've had about all I can stand
- we meet about once a month
- some forty people came
- weighs around a hundred pounds
- roughly $3,000
- holds 3 gallons, more or less
- 20 or so people were at the party
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
大約 /大约
(dàyuē)
— roughly, appoximately
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Chinese Mandarin:
左右
(zuǒyòu)
— roughly, appoximately
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Dutch:
of zo
— roughly, appoximately
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Finnish:
suunnilleen
— roughly, appoximately
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Finnish:
noin
— roughly, appoximately
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German:
oder so
— roughly, appoximately
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Irish:
nó faoin tuairim sin
— roughly, appoximately
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Norwegian:
eller noe
— roughly, appoximately
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Norwegian Bokmål:
omtrent
— roughly, appoximately
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
omlag
— roughly, appoximately
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Polish:
mniej więcej
— roughly, appoximately
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Polish:
z hakiem
— roughly, appoximately
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Polish:
z okładem
— roughly, appoximately
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Portuguese:
cerca de
— roughly, appoximately
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Portuguese:
ao redor de
— roughly, appoximately
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Portuguese:
à volta de
— roughly, appoximately
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Portuguese:
mais ou menos
— roughly, appoximately
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Portuguese:
aproximadamente
— roughly, appoximately
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Russian:
или около того
(ili okolo tovo)
— roughly, appoximately
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Scottish Gaelic:
no mar sin
— roughly, appoximately
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Spanish:
más o menos
— roughly, appoximately
