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Approximate

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

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Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inexact 84% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inexact 84% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 11

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assess 76% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

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Count 76% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Truncate 76% connected

To cut off; to lop; to maim.

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Underestimate 76% connected

To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.

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Broader term 7

Calculate 76% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Cipher 76% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

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Compute 76% connected

To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.

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Cypher 76% connected

See Cipher.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Resemble 76% connected

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

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Synonym 7

Approximative 92% connected

Approaching; approximate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Estimate 92% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gauge 92% connected

To measure or determine with a gauge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Guess 92% connected

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Judge 92% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near 92% connected

At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rough 92% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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