Collocations for "roughly"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "roughly" in context.
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roughly
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- roughly [bounded, secured, tied]
- roughly [divided, split, distributed] (amongst)
- the [money, cake, amount] was roughly [divided]
- the [money] was [divided] roughly
- is roughly [comparable, equal, equivalent, proportionate] to
- is roughly [fifty] miles [from, away, to]
- will [cost, need, pay] roughly [$2,000)
- roughly [half, three-quarters, sixty percent, three-hundred]
- roughly [ten percent] of all [cases, children]
- it [took, lasted, went on for] roughly [two] hours
- need to know roughly [where, when]
- (tell me) roughly how [long, many, much]
- give me [some, an] idea (of) roughly [how long]
- pushed his way roughly [toward, through, up to]
- the [suspect, prisoner] was [handled, treated] roughly
- roughly cut [diamonds, pieces, strips]
'roughly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):