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   proximate

   /ˈprɒksɪmət/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of the cause of something) closest in relationship; immediate: "the fact that a storm may show up the poor condition of a flat roof does not signify that storm was the proximate cause of damage to it"
   • ▪ closest in space or time: "the failure of the proximate military power to lend assistance"
   • 2. nearly accurate; approximate: "he would try to change her speech into proximate ladylikeness"
   • 3. relating to the components of a substance as separated or identified by an initial or relatively simple process: "proximate constituents"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin proximatus ‘drawn near’, past participle of proximare, from proximus ‘nearest’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. proximately adverb
   • 2. proximation noun

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