different between circa vs approximate

English

Alternative forms

• ca., ca, or c.; rarely cca. or cir. (abbreviations)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??k?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?k?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)k?
• Hyphenation: cir?ca

Preposition

circa

1. Approximately, about, around.

Translations

Anagrams

• ARCIC, Ricca, craic

Czech

Alternative forms

• cirka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?rka]

Adverb

circa

1. circa, approximately

Synonyms

• cca

Further reading

• circa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• circa in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Alternative forms

• ca.
• c.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r.ka?/
• Hyphenation: cir?ca

Preposition

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

Adverb

circa

1. circa: about, approximately

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?.ka/

Preposition

circa

1. approximately, about

German

Alternative forms

• zirka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s??ka]

Adverb

circa

1. circa

Synonyms

• etwa
• ungefähr

Further reading

• “circa” in Duden online
• “circa” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “circa” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ir.ka/
• Hyphenation: cìr?ca
• Rhymes: -irka

Preposition

circa

1. regarding, concerning

Adverb

circa

1. about, approximately

Anagrams

• ricca

Latin

Etymology

A later form for circum, or from circum + e?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kir.ka?/, [?k?rkä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?t??ir.ka/, [?t??irk?]

Adverb

circ? (not comparable)

1. around; about

Preposition

circ? (+ accusative)

1. around; near; about
2. regarding, concerning

Related terms

• circus

Descendants

References

• circa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• circa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• circa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• circa in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circa.

Adverb

circa

1. approximately, about, or so

Synonyms

• cam

English

Alternative forms

• approx. (abbreviation, also for adverb approximately)

Etymology

From Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare (“to approach”); ad + proximare (“to come near”). See proximate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?.?p??k.s?.m?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?p??k.s?.m?t/, /?.?p??k.s?.m?t/

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?.?p??k.s?.me?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?.?p??k.s?.me?t/

Adjective

approximate (comparative more approximate, superlative most approximate)

1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

   approximate results or values

   NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

Synonyms

• close

Antonyms

• exact, precise

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

approximate (third-person singular simple present approximates, present participle approximating, simple past and past participle approximated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To estimate.

   I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.

2. (transitive) To come near to; to approach.
   • 1911, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

     When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.

   • 1802, Jedidiah Morse, The American Universal Geography

     The telescope approximates perfection.

3. (transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     to approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature

Translations

Latin

Verb

approxim?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of approxim?