approximate
TOEFL・大学受験近似する・おおよその、おおよその。副-ly
意味
- (数量の点で)近似の,おおよその
- 《approximate to+名》(…に)近い,ほぼ等しい
- (ある状態・量・額などの点で)…に近づく,接近する
- (…の額に)…を概算する,見積もる《+名+at+名》
例文
The story approximates to historical truth.
その物語は歴史的真実に近い。
His description approximated to the truth.
彼の話はほぼ真相に近かった。
His witness is approximate to the truth.
彼の証言は真相に近い。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English approximat(e) (“close, near (to); similar; intimate”, also used as the past participle of approximaten), from Latin approximātus, the perfect passive participle of approximō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), further from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + proximō (“to come near”). The noun was derived from the adjective through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). See also proximate. By surface analysis, ap- + proximate.
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approval approve approvingly approximately approximation apricot