rough
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2.8
- adjective
- /rʌf/
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aproximado
- So yeah, this is kind of my kind of rough draft of my color story.
- a rough estimate
- a rough idea
- a rough draft
So that's a rough but fine upper bound.
- So that's a rough but fine upper bound.
- Just to get a rough sense sometimes.
- So to me, that's always kind of a rough measure of things.
- It's a card index and they give you a rough translation.
- If this is rough draft, it's hugely.
- And you know, it's maybe a, a rough benchmark for for health, right?
- Does everyone have copies of the Spanish and the really rough Acquista?
Examples
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Once students wrote a rough draft, they peer-edited each other's chapters in small groups.
Academic text (2015) -
For these reasons, our ratings should be regarded as rough estimates of study quality.
Academic text (2013) -
A little bit of a rough line, but there we go.
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- It's just a rough plan, Guy.
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At a rough guess, one hour, possibly two.
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It's just like a rough draft, but so cute.
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At home, at her desk, she laid out the rough beginnings of a plan.
Fiction book (1995) -
I made a rough sketch of the terrain in graphics mode for referencing.
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This is just a rough estimate of the project's budget until we receive more precise figures.
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He presented a rough outline of his ideas during the meeting, which will be refined later.
Synonyms
57
5.1
Made or said without being fully certain, often as a trial
55
4.6
Made in a rough, simple way without skill
29
3.9
Nearly correct or exact but not completely
1
6.6
Simple and not carefully made but good enough for the job
Not completely exact but close to the real value
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
2
8.1
A soldier on horseback in the volunteer unit led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
- Specialized
1
8.8
A small salamander with rough skin that lives near streams on the Pacific coast
A climbing evergreen plant with spiny zigzag stems, shiny leaves, and pale green flowers
- Specialized
A winter plant with weak stems that farmers use to cover soil and feed animals
- Specialized
A thin bright green snake with rough scales that is harmless and lives in the southern and eastern United States
- Specialized
An evergreen plant with rough, jointed stems that people use to scrub pans
- Specialized
A North American plant that lives for many years with rough hairy leaves and purple daisy-like flowers
- Specialized
A large Northern hawk with feathered legs that hunts small animals like mice
- Specialized
A plant from North America with rough stems and small yellow flowers
How Finished
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rough comes from the old English ruh meaning 'coarse' or 'not smooth', and a 'rough' idea is like a coarse version of the real thing. That's why a 'rough' estimate or plan is only a first, not-finished version.