proximity
[ prok-sim-i-tee ]
/ prɒkˈsɪm ɪ ti /
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noun
nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation; closeness.
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Origin of proximity
First recorded in 1475–85; late Middle English; from Middle French proximité, from Latin proximitāt-, stem of proximitās “nearness, adjacent area, vicinity”
OTHER WORDS FROM proximity
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How to use proximity in a sentence
It may have been in part the maid's genteel horror of such proximities that steeled Miss Levering to endure them.
The Convert|Elizabeth RobinsIt 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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