Definition of "approximates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approximate. (verb)

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• "The only invented character in the play, Adelaide, whose name approximates that of the sentimental heroine Adeline in Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest (1791), is loosely based on Thérèse de Cabarrus (1773-1835), Tallien's mistress and then wife."
• "The pronunciation of this word approximates nearer to the sound of the French _cuit_ [ "twice baked"] the t being omitted in this dialect."
• "Jim Isch. If he decides for a field of 96, Isch.will be Mr. Felicity, given that his surname approximates a suffix indicating all things pseudo."