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proximity

[ prok-sim-i-tee ]
/ prɒkˈsɪm ɪ ti /
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noun

nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.

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Origin of proximity

First recorded in 1475–85, proximity is from the Latin word proximitās nearness, vicinity. See proximal, -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM proximity

non·prox·im·i·ty, noun
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Words related to proximity

closeness, concurrence, propinquity, juxtaposition, togetherness, adjacency, contiguousness, contiguity, immediacy

Example sentences from the Web for proximity

  • It happened with the kindly and approving smiles of the more experienced elders who had organised these proximities.

    The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for proximity

proximity
/ (prɒkˈsɪmɪtɪ) /

noun

nearness in space or time
nearness or closeness in a series

Word Origin for proximity

C15: from Latin proximitās closeness; see proximate
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