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`proximate
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`adjective
`prox· i· mate | \ ˈpräk-sə-mət
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`Definition of proximate
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`1 : immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of events, causes, or effects) proximate, rather than ultimate,
`goals— Reinhold Niebuhr
`2a : very near : close
`b : soon forthcoming : imminent
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`proximately adverb
`proximateness noun
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`approaching, coming, forthcoming, imminent, impending, nearing, oncoming, pending, upcoming
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`late, recent
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`You can approach a better understanding of this word, and an approximation of its history, if you recognize its two
`cousins in this sentence. Proximate derives from Latin proximatus, itself the past participle of the verb proximare,
`meaning "to approach." The noun "approximation" and both the noun and verb "approximate" derive from
`"proximare" (via the Late Latin verb approximare). "Proximare," in turn, comes from "proximus" ("nearest, next")
`and can be traced back to the adjective prope, meaning "near." "Prope" is also an ancestor of the English verb
`"approach," as well as "proximity," "propinquity," and "reproach."
`Examples of proximate in a Sentence
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`the proximate cause of the fire the proximate publication of his first novel
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`Tablets, despite being proximate to both phones and laptops, are unique. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "Google keeps
`failing to understand tablets," 29 Nov. 2018 But the metro-accessible, downtown-DC-proximate, and relatively
`dense Crystal City won out. — Alex Baca, Vox, "I work in urban planning. Now Amazon’s coming to my city.,"
`20 Nov. 2018
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`These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of
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`First Known Use of proximate
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`1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1
`History and Etymology for proximate
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`Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare to approach, from proximus nearest, next, superlative of prope near
`— more at approach
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`English Language Learners Definition of proximate
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`: coming or happening immediately before or after something in a way that shows a very close and direct
`relationship
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`prox· i· mate | \ ˈpräk-sə-mət
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`Medical Definition of proximate
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`1a : very near
`b : next, preceding, or following especially : relating to or being a proximate cause
`2 : determined by proximate analysis
`3 : proximal sense 1b
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`Legal Definition of proximate
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`1 : next immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of causation, events, or effects) : being or leading to a
`particular especially foreseeable result without intervention — see also proximate cause at cause sense 1
`2 : very or relatively close or near would be sufficiently proximate to the commencement of the defendant's trial
`— Johnson v. New Jersey, 384 U.S. 719 (1966)
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