proximate
next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
close; very near.
approximate; fairly accurate.
forthcoming; imminent.
Origin of proximate
1Other words from proximate
- prox·i·mate·ly, adverb
- prox·i·mate·ness, noun
- prox·i·ma·tion [prok-suh-mey-shuhn], /ˌprɒk səˈmeɪ ʃən/, noun
Words Nearby proximate
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How to use proximate in a sentence
The more proximate causes of the pollution deaths include pneumonia, stroke, and heart disease.
Amenities often include picnic tables, fire pits, nearby tent areas, and a proximate water source.
The proximate cause of this year’s drought is a weak summer monsoon coupled with La Niña conditions that steered storms north.
The American West is bracing for a hot, dry, and dangerous summer | James Temple | May 20, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe proximate cause of Texas’s grid failure is now well understood.
As the Texas power crisis shows, our infrastructure is vulnerable to extreme weather | Amy Nordrum | March 6, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe sample groups in both studies were small, and in the overwhelming number of cases of coronavirus death, heart failure is not the proximate cause.
It brings out the distance and doubt that festered within the proximate intimacy of the Marston family.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis summons all the proximate Beyoncé voters, as we reply in a full-throated roar, “ALLLLLL THE SINGLE LAAAAADIES!”
If anything, the opposite is true: one has to love power desperately to accept a job merely to be proximate to it.
Farewell to Manmohan Singh, India’s Puppet Prime Minister | Kapil Komireddi | January 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it will not stop the mentally ill from reaping carnage because the proximate cause of their carnage is disease, not hardware.
We Stop The Next Aurora Not With Gun Control, But With Better Mental Health Treatment | David R. Dow | July 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe rising cost of health insurance is the proximate cause of middle-class income stagnation.
Ultimate causes, of course, will be overlooked; only proximate causes will be noticed.
The Old World in the New | Edward Alsworth RossThis need not be the ultimate mover, but a proximate one having a particular function.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikA relation exists only between things of the same proximate species, as between white and black.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikAnd this consideration begets love, which is the proximate cause of devotion.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life | St. Thomas AquinasThat proximate circles or larger groups are connected by the intervention of lesser groups, which he denominates osculant.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
British Dictionary definitions for proximate
proximal
/ (ˈprɒksɪmɪt) /
next or nearest in space or time
very near; close
immediately preceding or following in a series
a less common word for approximate
Origin of proximate
1Derived forms of proximate
- proximately, adverb
- proximateness, noun
- proximation, noun
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