proximate
pronunciation
How to pronounce proximate in British English:
UK [ˈprɒksɪmət]
How to pronounce proximate in American English:
US [ˈprɑːksɪmət]
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- Adjective:
- closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
- very close in space or time
Word Origin
- proximate (adj.)
- "neighboring," 1590s (implied in proximately), from Late Latin proximatus, past participle of proximare "to draw near," from proximus "nearest, next" (see proximity).
Example
- 1. It was this shortage that lit the fuse of more proximate causes in the financial crisis .
- 2. So he bears ultimate and proximate responsibility for the fact that yahoo is , frankly , a bit of a mess .
- 3. The proximate reason is because foreign exchange rates have not been determined in a free market .
- 4. Neither your home nor your office is going to get any more proximate by your constant moaning .
- 5. A fundamental ( not proximate ) cause of our economic plight is the imbalance in current accounts in particular between the us and china during the past decade .