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approximately Definition In English

0 close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time:
- The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately £1,000.
1 close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time:
- It will take approximately two weeks to collect the data.
- In December, the company reduced its workforce by approximately 5%.

The procedures used during the two visits were identical, with each session lasting approximately 2 hours.
Then the water composition approximately oscillates at each point of the aquifer in phase with the water velocity.
Each of the sessions took two days to complete and lasted approximately 40 minutes per day.
Approximately 3 kg of fresh litter obtained from the removal-treatment plots and the surrounding area was added to the addition-treatment plots.
According to this report, although most married couples sired approximately six to seven children, only one or two survived.
The average susceptibility of hosts at birth in our model remains approximately constant with time.
The questionnaire was mailed to the study recruits approximately one week before the interview.
The duration of control experiment recording sessions were approximately 45 min, after which animals recovered on a warm pad.