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proxy¹
- /ˈpɹɒk.si/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑk.si/ US
Rhymes with -ɒksi
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.
adjective
- Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy. a proxy indicator
noun proxies
- An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person. Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
- The authority to act for another, especially when written. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
- A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another.
- An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
- A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
Similar: deputy
verb proxies · proxying · proxied
- To serve as a proxy for. In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
- To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
proxy²
- /ˈpɹɒk.si/ UK
- /ˈpɹɑk.si/ US
Rhymes with -ɒksi
Where it comes from
proximity + -y.
noun proxies
-
Clipping of proximity mine
(Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
Similar: proxy mine
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: deputy, procurator, subordinate, low-level, acting, delegate, nominee, agent, attorney, client, broker, agency, surrogate, substitute, substitution, replacement
noun
Similar: deputy
Translations
Every language
adj used as, or acting as, a proxy
| Français | par procuration |
|---|
noun agent or substitute authorized to act for another person
| Español | apoderado, podatario, poderante, nuestramo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대리 daeri |
| 日本語 | 代理 dairi |
| 中文 | 代理 dàilǐ |
| Português | procurador, procuradora, testa-de-ferro, laranja |
| Français | fondé de pouvoir, mandataire |
| Deutsch | Prokurist, Stellvertreter |
| Italiano | mandatario |
| Ελληνικά | πληρεξούσιος plirexoúsios, διαμεσολαβητής diamesolavitís |
| Русский | представи́тель predstavítelʹ, представи́тельница predstavítelʹnica, уполномо́ченный upolnomóčennyj, уполномо́ченная upolnomóčennaja, пове́ренный povérennyj, пове́ренная povérennaja |
| עברית | שָׁלִיחַ shalíakh |
noun authority to act for another, especially when written
| Español | mandato, poder |
|---|---|
| Português | procuração |
| Français | procuration |
| Deutsch | Prokura |
| Italiano | delega |
| Ελληνικά | πληρεξούσιος plirexoúsios |
| Русский | полномо́чие polnomóčije |
| العربية | إِنَابَة ʔināba, اِسْتِنَابَة istināba, تَفْوِيض tafwīḍ, تَوْكِيل tawkīl |
noun (science) measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
| Français | mesure indirecte |
|---|---|
| Italiano | misura indiretta |
noun (software) an interface for a service
| 한국어 | 프록시 peuroksi, 프록시 서버 peuroksi seobeo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | プロキシ purokishi, プロクシ purokushi |
| 中文 | 代理服務器 /代理服务器 dàilǐ fúwùqì, 代理 dàilǐ |
| Português | proxy |
| Français | proxy |
| Deutsch | Proxyserver |
| Italiano | proxy |
| Ελληνικά | διαμεσολαβητής diamesolavitís |
| Русский | про́кси-се́рвер próksi-sérver, про́кси próksi |
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title = {proxy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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