| approximate | | |
| approximate, come close | (v.) | be close or similar.; "Her results approximate my own" |
| approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge | (v.) | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| approximate, approximative, rough | (adj.) | not quite exact or correct.; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" |
| approximate, near | (adj.) | very close in resemblance.; "sketched in an approximate likeness"; "a near likeness" |
| approximate, close together | (adj.) | located close together.; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united" |
| adjacent | | |
| adjacent, next, side by side | (adj.) | nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space.; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" |
| adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring | (adj.) | having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching.; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" |
| adjacent | (adj.) | near or close to but not necessarily touching.; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities" |
| around | | |
| about, around | (adv.) | in the area or vicinity.; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" |
| around | (adv.) | by a circular or circuitous route.; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond" |
| about, around | (adv.) | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction.; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" |
| around | (adv.) | in a circle or circular motion.; "The wheels are spinning around" |
| about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some | (adv.) | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" |
| about, around | (adv.) | in or to a reversed position or direction.; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" |
| around | (adv.) | to a particular destination either specified or understood.; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper" |
| about, around | (adv.) | all around or on all sides.; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" |
| around | (adv.) | in circumference.; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around" |
| around, round | (adv.) | from beginning to end; throughout.; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" |
| about | | |
| about, astir | (adj.) | on the move.; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" |
| about | (adv.) | in rotation or succession.; "turn about is fair play" |
| about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh | (adv.) | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" |
| near | | |
| approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near | (v.) | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| close, near, nigh | (adj.) | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call" |
| near, nigh | (adj.) | being on the left side.; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side" |
| near | (adj.) | closely resembling the genuine article.; "near beer"; "a dress of near satin" |
| cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny | (adj.) | giving or spending with reluctance.; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" |
| dear, good, near | (adj.) | with or in a close or intimate relationship.; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" |
| close, near, nigh | (adv.) | near in time or place or relationship.; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire" |
| approach | | |
| approach, attack, plan of attack | (n.) | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation.; "his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons"; "an attack on inflation"; "his plan of attack was misguided" |
| approach, approaching, coming | (n.) | the act of drawing spatially closer to something.; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| access, approach | (n.) | a way of entering or leaving.; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" |
| approach, approach path, glide path, glide slope | (n.) | the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing. |
| approach, approaching | (n.) | the event of one object coming closer to another. |
| advance, approach, feeler, overture | (n.) | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.; "she rejected his advances" |
| approach, approaching, coming | (n.) | the temporal property of becoming nearer in time.; "the approach of winter" |
| approach | (n.) | a close approximation.; "the nearest approach to genius" |
| approach, approach shot | (n.) | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| approach, border on | (v.) | come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character.; "This borders on discrimination!"; "His playing approaches that of Horowitz" |
| approach, go about, set about | (v.) | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| approach, come near | (v.) | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| approach | (v.) | make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion.; "I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters" |
| contact | | |
| contact | (n.) | close interaction.; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" |
| contact, physical contact | (n.) | the act of touching physically.; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch" |
| contact | (n.) | the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity.; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid" |
| contact, impinging, striking | (n.) | the physical coming together of two or more things.; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" |
| contact, middleman | (n.) | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance.; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" |
| contact, inter-group communication, liaison, link | (n.) | a channel for communication between groups.; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" |
| contact, tangency | (n.) | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| contact, touch | (n.) | a communicative interaction.; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues" |
| contact, contact lens | (n.) | a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication. |
| contact, get hold of, get through, reach | (v.) | be in or establish communication with.; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" |
| adjoin, contact, meet, touch | (v.) | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| come | | |
| come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid | (n.) | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. |
| come, come up | (v.) | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| arrive, come, get | (v.) | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| come | (v.) | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| come | (v.) | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" |
| come, follow | (v.) | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| come | (v.) | be found or available.; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" |
| come, issue forth | (v.) | come forth.; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" |
| come, hail | (v.) | be a native of.; "She hails from Kalamazoo" |
| come | (v.) | extend or reach.; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" |
| come | (v.) | exist or occur in a certain point in a series.; "Next came the student from France" |
| come | (v.) | cover a certain distance.; "She came a long way" |
| come, fall | (v.) | come under, be classified or included.; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" |
| come | (v.) | happen as a result.; "Nothing good will come of this" |
| add up, amount, come, number, total | (v.) | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| add up, amount, come | (v.) | develop into.; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" |
| come, come in | (v.) | be received.; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
| come, occur | (v.) | come to one's mind; suggest itself.; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" |
| come, derive, descend | (v.) | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
| come, do, fare, get along, make out | (v.) | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| come | (v.) | experience orgasm.; "she could not come because she was too upset" |
| come | (v.) | have a certain priority.; "My family comes first" |
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