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aproximativ
approximately /a.prok.si.maˈtiv/
adverb#1650 most common
Also: approximate, roughly, about
Example sentences
Este aproximativ ora cinci.
It's approximately five o'clock.
Am aproximativ douăzeci de ani.
I am approximately twenty years old.
Orașul este la aproximativ o sută de kilometri distanță.
The city is approximately one hundred kilometers away.
Prețul aproximativ al biletului este cincizeci de lei.
The approximate price of the ticket is fifty lei.
Datele sunt aproximative și pot varia.
The data are approximate and may vary.
Estimarea lor a rămas doar aproximativă, în lipsa unor măsurători precise.
Their estimate remained only approximate, without precise measurements.
Word family
aproximato approximate, to estimate
aproximareapproximation, the act of estimating
proximnext, nearest
aproapenear, close, almostEtymology
Aproximativ entered Romanian from French approximatif, which itself comes from Medieval Latin approximativus. That word is built on the Latin verb approximare, to come near, formed from ad- (toward) and proximus (nearest, superlative of prope, near). The word kept its root sense of nearness while shifting to describe estimates rather than physical closeness.
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