approximation — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. The act, process or result of approximating, as

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   At the back of the cupboard, you find your interview skirt, the one you bought when you had cash to purchase an approximation of the fashion spreads you mulled over in magazines.

2. The act, process or result of approximating, as: An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

3. The act, process or result of approximating, as: The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   مرادفات

   coaptation

4. The act, process or result of approximating, as: The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument.

اسم

1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

   مرادفات

   estimateestimationidea

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   calculationcomputationfiguringreckoning

   أمثلة

   an estimate of what it would cost

   a rough idea how long it would take

2. the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   similarity

3. an imprecise or incomplete account

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   version

   أمثلة

   newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events

4. the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue

   مرادفات

   bringing close together

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   joiningconnectionconnexion