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circa preposition [ ˈsəːkə ]

• (often preceding a date) approximately.
• "the church was built circa 1860"
Similar: approximately, about, around, round about, in the region of, roughly, something like, in the area of, in the neighbourhood of, of the order of, or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, more or less, give or take a few, plus or minus a few, nearly, close to, not far off, approaching, getting on for, plus-minus, as near as dammit, in the ballpark of,
Opposite: exactly, precisely,
Origin: mid 19th century: Latin.


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