Examples of “approximately” in a Sentence

adv Roughly; close to a particular amount or figure, but not exact.

• approximately 60 beats per minute
• The journey takes approximately three hours.
• There were approximately 200 people at the event.
• Per 100 g of chocolate there is approximately 11.6 g of saturated fat.
• In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
• Approximately half of the class walked to school this morning.