approximates

To come close to; be nearly the same as: This meat substitute approximates the real thing.
To bring near.
To bring together, as cut edges of tissue.

The approximate time of the show is.

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approximately

A term guilty people use when they are guilty as hell.

Investigator: "What did you have for breakfast?"

Suspect: "Well basically, I barely got to my home at approximately 2am."

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approximation

a kind of true but not true simplification of something. Can be used to insult.

1. The approximation of pi is 3.14
2. The approximation of your mom is fat

approximatively

A bastardisation of approximately and positively first used by people of marginal education. Even though those two words have different degrees of certitude, approximatively originally meant approximately but has since evolved to mean approximately with slightly more certitude, but not quite positively.

guy one: "How long will you be?"
guy two: "approximatively 15 minutes."

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approximate

noun. A feeling that you and your partner will mate. A moment of this kind. An air of “tacit agreement”.

They stood there, tacitly. An air of approximate can be smelled.

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approximate

noun. A spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend who is not an ideal match, but close enough in many respects.

"Looks like things are going really well with your girlfriend, Bob!"

"Yeah, it's pretty good, Stan. I kept looking for my vision of perfection, then decided I should get real and find an approximate."

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Andree Approximately

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A guy who does anime paint videos on YouTube and owns the steinsdust reference server

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Ex:

Andree Approximately (*insert unfuni these penut joke*)

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