approximate age

collocation in English

meaningsofapproximateandage

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approximate
adjective
uk
/əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət/us
/əˈprɑːk.sə.mət/
not completely accurate ...
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age
noun
uk
/eɪdʒ/us
/eɪdʒ/
the period of time someone has been alive or something ...
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(Definition ofapproximateandagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of the high school graduates began childbearing within 5 years after leaving school at anapproximateageof 18.
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Theapproximateageof the educator might also have an impact on the delivery of the learning area in terms of willingness to adapt to the changes that educators face.
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Herapproximateagerange at the time of death was 20-35 years old.
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A23 died in 2000, at theapproximateageof 53 years old.
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The two individuals analyzed had histological characteristics that suggested anapproximateageof three.
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Following his death in 1909 at theapproximateageof 90 years, the land reverted to the government for back taxes.
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Children remain with their appropriate parent until theapproximateageof 18.
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These traps can be used in research to record the presence or absence of a spider, theapproximateageand the species of the spider.
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This date is uncertain because we only know the approximate year of his death, and hisapproximateageat the time.
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Head position needs to be corrected before theapproximateageof 18 months for improvement to occur.
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Itsapproximateageis estimated to be around 199-189 million years old.
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Particular isotopes are suitable for different applications as a function of the type of atoms present in the rock or mineral and itsapproximateage.
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Their histories and approximate ages were a determined from information provided by a reliable local resident.
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Body weights were used to calculate the approximate ages of rabbits and subsequently to determine the likelihood that antibodies detected were of maternal origin (see below).
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More recent studies have used radiocarbon dating to establish the approximate ages of deposition for the various layers.
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However, in her lectures to teacher trainees she set out several periods with the approximate ages to which they applied.
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Most dates are estimated by approximate ages during certain events, and a generation gap of about 20 years.
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The approximate ages have a margin of error of millions of years.
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