'Proximate' definitions:
Definition of 'proximate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals" [ant: ultimate]
adjective
Very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
Definition of 'Proximate'
From: GCIDE
- Proximate \Prox"i*mate\, a. [L. proximatus, p. p. of proximare to come near, to approach, fr. proximus the nearest, nest, superl. of propior nearer, and prope, adv., near.] Nearest; next immediately preceding or following. "Proximate ancestors." --J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster]
- The proximate natural causes of it [the deluge]. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- Proximate analysis (Chem.), an analysis which determines the proximate principles of any substance, as contrasted with an ultimate analysis.
- Proximate cause. (a) A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause. --I. Watts. (b) That which in ordinary natural sequence produces a specific result, no independent disturbing agencies intervening.
- Proximate principle (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies existing ready formed in animal and vegetable tissues, and separable by chemical analysis, as albumin, sugar, collagen, fat, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Nearest; next; closest; immediate; direct. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'proximate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advancing,
- appendant,
- approaching,
- approximate,
- approximating,
- approximative,
- arm-in-arm,
- attracted to,
- burning,
- cheek-by-jowl,
- close,
- coming,
- comparable,
- consequent,
- drawn to,
- ensuing,
- following,
- forthcoming,
- hand-in-hand,
- homologous,
- hot,
- immediate,
- imminent,
- impending,
- intimate,
- like,
- near,
- near the mark,
- nearby,
- nearing,
- nearish,
- next,
- nigh,
- nighish,
- oncoming,
- posterior,
- postpositional,
- postpositive,
- propinque,
- proximal,
- relatable,
- rough,
- rude,
- sequacious,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- side-by-side,
- similar,
- subsequent,
- succeeding,
- successive,
- suffixed,
- to come,
- upcoming,
- vicinal,
- warm