proximate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Related terms 1.3 Noun 1.4 Related terms 1.5 See also 1.6 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Late Latin proximatus, pp. of proximare (“‘to draw near, approach’”) < Latin proximus (“‘nearest’”), superlative of prope (“‘near’”).

[edit] Adjective

proximate (not comparable)

1. Close or closest; adjacent.
2. (law) Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
3. About to take place; impending.

[edit] Related terms

• proximate cause

[edit] Noun

proximate (plural proximates)

1. (linguistics) A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person

[edit] Related terms

• approximate
• approximation
• approximator
• proximity

[edit] See also

• obviative

[edit] External links

• proximate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• proximate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911