approximationnoun [ C ]
uk/əˌprɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌprɑːk.səˈmeɪ.ʃən/formala guess of a number that is not exact but that is close:
Could you give me a rough approximation of how many people will be coming?
What he said bore no approximation whatsoever to the truth (= was not at all like the truth).
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- estimation
- guess
- guesstimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- propositional
- shot
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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