to approximate
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4.3
- verb
- /əˈprɒksɪmət/
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- During the 1980s, per capita GDP declined by about 26%, roughly approximating the figure reached around 1960.
- closely approximate
- more closely approximate
- used to approximate
But there are classes of games where this approach to approximating Nash equilibrium is proven to work well.
- But there are classes of games where this approach to approximating Nash equilibrium is proven to work well.
- However, since you knew that some algorithms hold and others don't within a finite time, you can approximate Chaitan's constant from below.
- So in both domains, we're approximating what's going on the quantum world, we approximate by saying there's no gravity.
- Maybe it's only one RC that you approximate it with, OK.
Examples
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This one asks us to use the trapezoidal rule to approximate the following integral.
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Sometimes it's okay to approximate, and then accuracy may not be terribly critical.
Fiction book (1992) -
So it's something like this to just approximate it, right?
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So I want to go through the through how we can approximate this curve simply.
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So often in science, AAI system is used to approximate something good enough so that we can understand how the system works.
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Don't be afraid to use classroom instruments to approximate the sounds on the recording.
Academic text (2011) -
We included variables that help approximate SES by measuring mothers' educational attainment.
Academic text (2013) -
The load duration curve is approximated by dividing it into thirteen sections.
Academic text (2001) -
Such an assumption is reasonable for approximating, on a coarse scale, conditions on long, crowded roadways.
Academic text (1995) -
We can approximate the total cost by adding the prices of the three items.
Synonyms
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1.0
To form an opinion or estimate without enough information
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2.5
To form an opinion about someone or something
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2.8
To make a rough calculation of how much or how many something is
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3.5
To measure amount, size, or quality of something
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6.5
To make a rough guess using a quick calculation when you lack exact information
To give a rough guess about a number or amount when you have little information
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Approximate comes from Latin ad- ('to') and proximus ('near'), and you can think of the verb as 'making an answer near the truth'. A helpful way to remember the estimating sense is to see it as bringing a number or idea 'close' to the real value.