THE WORD · N3
およそ
about
Noun · Adverbe
これはおよそ５００年前に建てられた。
It was built about 500 years ago.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: small_snow · French : themiska
Parts of speech
Adverbe · Noun · Name that can change a name with の
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Other written forms: 凡そ
English dictionary meanings
- about
- roughly
- approximately
- generally
- on the whole
- as a rule
- completely
- quite
- entirely
- altogether
- totally
- not at all (with neg. verb)
- outline
- gist