proximate
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proximate
- /ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑk.sə.mət/ US
- /ˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət/ US
- /ˈpɹɔk.sɪ.mət/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Late Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare (“to draw near, approach”), from Latin proximus (“nearest”), superlative of prope (“near”).
adjective
- Close or closest; adjacent. And writing a Theory of the Deluge here, as we do, we were to exhibit a Series of causes whereby it might be made intelligible, or to shew^([sic]) the proximate Natural Causes of it; […]
- Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation. The proximate cause of the damage must be established.
- About to take place; impending.
Similar: nigh, in the offing, pending
noun proximates
- A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively salient referent in a given context from a relatively non-salient (obviative) one.
