Vocabulary

approximately; about

adverb
N3 freq #34

Example sentences

The population of Japan is about 120 million.

The population of Tokyo is about five times as large as that of our city.

The population of China is about eight times as large as that of Japan.

The earth is about six times as large as the moon.

The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.

About one hundred and fifty dollars altogether.

I walked about a mile.

I've read some hundred books so far.