You add or ~ after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
He told us that her age was forty-eight or ~...
PHRASE: n/num PHR
You add or ~ after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
He told us that her age was forty-eight or ~...
PHRASE: n/num PHR
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012