approximate /ə-prokˈsi-mət/

1. Nearly exact, approaching correctness (very approximate very nearly exact; but now widely used to mean very rough)
2. Close together
3. Nearest or next

1. To bring near
2. To come or be near to

To come near (to), approach

approxˈimal adjective (anatomy)

1. Close together
2. Next to

approxˈimately adverb

approximāˈtion noun

1. An approach (lit and figurative)
2. An imprecise account, calculation, etc
3. A result in mathematics not rigorously exact, but so near the truth as to be sufficient for a given purpose

approxˈimative /-i-mā-tiv or -i-mə-tiv/ adjective

Approaching closely

• shortest
• shortfall
• shortfalls
• short for
• short fuse
• short fuses
• short game
• short games
• shortgown
• shortgowns
• shorthand
• short-handed
• shorthands
• short-haul
• short head
• short-head
• short-headed
• short-heading
• short-heads
• shorthold
• shorthorn
• shorthorns
• short hundredweight
• shortie
• shorties