About as in "There was about 43 flowers in the vase". So it's to show not the exact number but just about, near the right number.
Approximately "It's a beautiful day."
Nothing! It is a mis-spelling of "discombobulated" meaning (approximately) "confused by a strange occurrence"
I believe the word you are asking of is "approximately".
Exactly what it says. A dozen is 12 so a couple is 2 so a couple of dozen is 24. Also the way it is said would mean approximately 24.
No- these words have different meaning. "Approximately " means close- within a reasonable difference from the value stated - "exactly" means no deviation from the stated value. Examples: Bob weighed approximately 200 pounds -- means his actual weight was somewhere close to 200 maybe 196 or 204 or so, Bob weighed exactly 200 pounds -- means that 200 was the reading on the scale when he stepped on and suggests that the scale was an accurate one.
It is short for approximately.
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It could mean 'circa' which means around or approximately.
If you mean 30,000 acres (30 thousand), the answer is that it equates to approximately 12,141 hectares.If you mean 30 acres, the answer is that it equates to approximately 12.141 hectares.
It means "kind of" or "sort of" - "approximately"
Circa means "approximately"
Circa...approximately.
It means the closest answer that you can come up with.
Approximately zero. No, wait, I mean precisely zero.
depends on the sentence but that approximately means start
One wavy line (~) represents similarity. Two wavy lines (≈) means "approximately." THree wavy lines (≋) would most likely mean approximately identical to.
franchise next time look in your book!