Approximately
Approximately adverb - Close to but not exactly.
In effect and approximately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In effect" instead the word "Approximately" as an adverb or an adjective.
In effect
In effect adverb - In actuality or reality or fact.
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Synonyms for In effect
Approximately and in effect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximately" instead the phrase "In effect" as an adverb or an adjective.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- much and approximately
- much and in effect
- nearly and approximately
- nearly and in effect
- almost and approximately
- almost and in effect
- practically and approximately
- practically and in effect
- about and approximately
- about and in effect
- all but and approximately
- all but and in effect
- near and approximately
- near and in effect
Both terms in one sentence
- In effect, to be really good at a skill, a person has to work on it for approximately 10,000 hours.
Source: Hard Work Hardly Works - In Spite of a Nail is necessarily in effect, in order to keep the setting approximately similar to the real world—indeed, sometimes the histories of these settings are more different from reality than their presents.
Source: Never Was This Universe
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In effect and Approximately. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approximately/in_effect
Approximately & In effect. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/approximately/in_effect>.
In effect or Approximately. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approximately/in_effect.
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