proximate

[ prok-suh-mit ]

/ ˈprɒk sə mɪt /

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adjective

next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.

close; very near.

approximate; fairly accurate.

forthcoming; imminent.

Nearby words

proxemics, proxima, proxima centauri, proximad, proximal, proximate, proxime accessit, proximity, proximity fuse, proximity fuze, proximity talks

Origin of proximate

1590–1600; < Late Latin proximātus, past participle of proximāre to near, approach. See proximal, -ate¹

Related forms

prox·i·mate·ly, adverbprox·i·mate·ness, nounprox·i·ma·tion

[prok-suh-mey-shuh n] /ˌprɒk səˈmeɪ ʃən/, noun

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Examples from the Web for proximately

Yes, Obama was sort of, proximately, true to his word when he raised taxes on Americans earning $250,000 and up.
Obamacare Attacks the Middle Class|Lloyd Green|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The same remark is proximately true of the literary life of the First Empire.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)|John Holland Rose
In the other, they are discordant, and are forced to reach their proximately proper adjustment through antagonism and struggle.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864|Various
It was proximately Austrian recklessness and indirectly, but just as strongly, German ambition.
Before the War|Viscount Richard Burton Haldane

These men, as we believe, were proximately the means of his ruin.
Life of Robert Burns|Thomas Carlyle
Such categories are, no doubt, unphilosophical in the ultimate sense, but they are proximately convenient and significant.
Woman and Womanhood|C. W. Saleeby

British Dictionary definitions for proximately

proximate

proximal

/ (ˈprɒksɪmɪt) /

adjective

next or nearest in space or time

very near; close

immediately preceding or following in a series

a less common word for approximate

Derived Forms

proximately, adverbproximateness, nounproximation, noun

Word Origin for proximate

C16: from Late Latin proximāre to draw near, from Latin proximus next, from prope near

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proximate

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proximate

proximal

adjective

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proximate

adj.