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proximate

adjective

prox·​i·​mate ˈpräk-sə-mət How to pronounce proximate (audio)
1
: immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of events, causes, or effects)
proximate, rather than ultimate, goals Reinhold Niebuhr
2
a
: very near : close
b
: soon forthcoming : imminent
proximately adverb
proximateness noun

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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."

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the proximate cause of the fire the proximate publication of his first novel
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Word History

Etymology

Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare to approach, from proximus nearest, next, superlative of prope near — more at approach

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of proximate was in 1661

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