<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.</li><li>nearly exact; not perfectly accurate or correct: The approximate time was 10 o'clock.</li><li>near; close together.</li><li>very similar; nearly identical.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to come near to; approach closely to: to approximate an ideal.</li><li>to estimate: We approximated the distance at three miles.</li><li>to simulate; imitate closely: The motions of the stars can be approximated in a planetarium.</li><li>to bring near.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to come near in position, character, amount, etc.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>