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proximately

/prok-suh-mit/US // ˈprɒk sə mɪt //UK // (ˈprɒksɪmɪt) //

近似,近似的,大约,约有

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
    • : close; very near.
    • : approximate; fairly accurate.
    • : forthcoming; imminent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inapproximately
as inearly

Examples

  • Yes, Obama was sort of, proximately, true to his word when he raised taxes on Americans earning $250,000 and up.

  • The motion at any subsequent instant is proximately caused by the motion which took place at the instant preceding.

  • Proximately to complete our investigations—already far advanced—into the origin of the Universe.

  • And is not this change proximately ascribable to this habitual self-dependence?

  • In none of these cases can we be even proximately certain of the length of the animal.

  • It may be illustrated, however, in various ways, so as to obtain a conclusion proximately accurate.