More or less; approximately.
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] (23) plus minus1611 More or less; approximately. or soa1616 or so. Or about that amount or number; or thereabout. a matter of1645 a matter of: approximately, about; used to modify a numeral or other expression of quantity, indicating that it is not to be taken as literally… there or (and) thereaboutsa1696 there or (†and) thereabouts: primarily in the literal local sense; hence also = that or very nearly that (amount); something like that… the matter of1829 a matter of: approximately, about; used to modify a numeral or other expression of quantity, indicating that it is not to be taken as literally… somewhere about1846 somewhere about, approximately. in the neighbourhood of1847 in the neighbourhood of: (modifying a numerical quantity) somewhere about, somewhere close to; approximately. in the region of1865 in the region of. Originally U.S. Modifying a numerical quantity: approximately. Cf. neighbourhood, n. 2. of the order of1903 of the order of: (a) Mathematics (also on, in the order of, of order): of the same order of magnitude as; (b) gen. (also in the order of): in the… give or take1958 give or take: to subtract or add (a period of time, a quantity, a sum of money, etc.): an indication that the estimate is to be considered as… not unadjacent to1966 In predicative use: not adjacent. Usually in colloquial and jocular phrase not unadjacent to (a particular sum, etc.): that is (reportedly) in the… Subcategories:— nearly (an amount) (11) — to a greater or lesser degree (1) |
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