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Definition of "approximately" []

  • Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. (adverb)

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Use "approximately" in a sentence
  • "We continued to expect the global CRM market to grow at a mid single digit rate, which we define as approximately 4% to 6% growth on a constant currency basis."
  • "In fact I hadn’t seen him since our ice cream date three weeks earlier—and by “our ice cream date” I mean “that time he and I and four of our friends went to get ice cream and Scott said my name approximately once.”"
  • "These cities grew in approximately the same places as our cities do now, however different the shape of the continents was."