Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To come near to; to approach.

To draw; to approach.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Almost correct, but not completely so.

to give a number that is not exact but reasonably close.

More or less correct or exact.

close together, touching or nearly so

be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own"

located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"