Proximate

[prɒksimeit]

Definition

(adj.) very close in space or time; 'proximate words'; 'proximate houses' .

(adj.) closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; 'news of his proximate arrival'; 'interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals' .

Checker: Percy--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.

Editor: Terence

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Next, nearest, immediate, close, not remote.

Checker: Raymond

Definition

adj. nearest or next: without any one between as a cause and its effect: having the most intimate connection: near and immediate.—adj. Prox′imal.—advs. Prox′imally; Prox′imately.—n. Proxim′ity immediate nearness in time place relationship &c.—adj. Prox′imo (in) the next (month)—often written prox.—Proximate cause a cause which immediately precedes the effect; Proximate object immediate object.

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