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Definition of proximate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

proximate

adjective

/ˈprɒksɪmət/

/ˈprɑːksɪmət/

[usually before noun] (specialist)

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nearest in time, order, etc. to something
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin proximatus ‘drawn near’, past participle of proximare, from proximus ‘nearest’.

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