Synonym: about, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some. Similar words: ultimately, appropriate, approve, approval, approach, approve of, lately, climate. Meaning: [-lɪ] 
adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. 
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1 The area is approximately 100 square kilometers.
2 There are approximately 12 million migrants with their dependants living in the EU countries.
3 The length of the bay is approximately 200 miles.
4 The plane will be landing in approximately 20 minutes.
5 Total expenditure amounted to approximately ￡1 million.
6 How much do think it will cost, approximately?
7 The battery allows approximately 135 minutes of talk time.
8 The journey took approximately seven hours.
9 One pound is approximately equal to 454 grams.
10 It cost approximately 300 I can't remember exactly.
11 The journey time to London is approximately four hours.
12 The village has approximately doubled in size since 1960.
13 The conservatory measures approximately 13ft x 16ft.
14 Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.
15 The pies have a shelf life of approximately one week.
16 It takes approximately 365 and a quarter days for the earth to revolve around the sun.
17 The earth turns through one complete revolution approximately every twenty-four hours.
18 Take approximately 60mg up to four times a day,[www.Sentencedict.com] unless advised otherwise by a doctor.
19 In 1992 the population of Cairo was approximately 6 500 000.
20 The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately £1000.
21 Holmes calculated a ratio of approximately 2.4:1.
22 The diet plan provides approximately 1,000 calories a day.
23 The classes contain approximately equal numbers of members.
24 Approximately 58,000 soldiers were dead or missing in action.
25 Extracellular osmolal concentration is approximately twice the sodium concentration.
26 These periods contained approximately equal numbers of cases.
27 10,000 men had volunteered by the end of September; thereafter, approximately 1,000 men enlisted each month.
28 Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting approximately half an hour late.
29 In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled.
30 Officials at the school say they received a bomb threat at approximately 11:30 a.m. today.
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