Definition of proximate Proximate
/pɹɑˈksʌmʌt/ - [praksumut] - prox•i•mate
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What does proximate mean?
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| proximate - 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" | ||
| ultimate being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable" | ||
| proximate - very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- proximate (Noun)
A grammatical marker in the Algonquian and some other languages for a principal third person . - proximate (Adjective)
Close or closest; adjacent. - proximate (Adjective)
Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation. - proximate (Adjective)
About to take place; impending.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- proximate (a.)
Nearest; next immediately preceding or following.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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proximate
proks′i-māt, 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. [L. proximus, next, superl. from prope, near.]
