(approximating, ~d)
1.
An ~ number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
The ~ cost varies from around ?150 to ?250...
The times are ~ only.
? exact
ADJ
~ly
Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.
ADV: ADV num
2.
An idea or description that is ~ is not intended to be precise or accurate, but to give some indication of what something is like.
They did not have even an ~ idea what the Germans really wanted.
ADJ
3.
If something ~s to something else, it is similar to it but is not exactly the same.
Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured...
By about 6 weeks of age, most babies begin to show something approximating a day/night sleeping pattern.
VERB: V to n, V n