約
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Meanings
- approximately, about
- promise, appointment, engagement
- shortening, reduction, simplification
- contraction (in phonetics)
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This work takes approximately 3 hours.
You can reach the station in about 10 minutes.
Approximately 500 spectators gathered at the venue.
This medicine should start showing effects in about one week.
According to a survey, the results showed that approximately 80% of people use smartphones every day.
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