Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness: "Swift's major writings have a proximity and a relevance that is splendidly invigorating” ( M.D. Aeschliman). See Usage Note at redundancy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation.
- n. Synonyms Vicinity, etc. (see neighborhood), adjacency.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
- n. the property of being close together
- n. the region close around a person or thing
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French proximite, from Latin proximitās, from proximus, nearest; see proximate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Assuming each person incurs a slight cost when an additional rider gets on a bus (inaccurate, as the cost is only truly incurred by those in proximity to the new rider) the average cost is still minimized by cramming people in as opposed to making some wait.”
“This idea, the importance of proximity, is one of the first concepts that Steven Johnson introduces in "Where Good Ideas Come From.”
“Big city schools might be in proximity to all-night Thai food, but schools in small cities can give students a huge advantage in preparing for a career.”
The Wall Street Journal: Five Cities for the Career-Minded Student
“US armed forces, he may have been tasked with duties which placed him in proximity to SEALs and learned of their training and tactics through conversational interaction.”
“Moreover, the evidence suggests that the products are likely to be shelved in proximity, making a consumer more likely to infer equivalence.”
“Still such proximity is saving my family a ton of gas and mileage.”
“No self-respecting chick is going to agree to a first date in proximity to your Star Wars sheets.”
“People get PISSED if you interfere or even get in proximity to their fishing grounds.”
“The exception being when in proximity to water - then you'd better anchor him, unless you can haul a 1300 lb animal out of 6 feet of 50 degree water. the back of a truck is a great spot to shoot one by the way.”
What is best location to place a shot on a moose? Do more people go for drop shots or lung shots?
“The idea behind this study was that invasion of personal space underlies paruresis — the closer another person is in proximity, the more trouble the pee-shy individual will have urinating.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘proximity’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Verbal_Advantage
paraphrase, ostensible, digress, uncanny, candor, morose, adept, saturated, pragmatic, congenial, capricious, blatant and 38 more...
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Words starting with PRO
I've noticed many, many words start with PRO and this is just a collection of them.
professional, pronunciation, Prolagus, probable, prog, proximity, profit, procrastincate, prom, pronoun, promise, proactive and 206 more...
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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shock
words associated with electric shock.
high voltage, spark, Tesla, tesla coil, arcing, current, macroshock, resistance, Ohm's law, conductive, current flow, muscular spasms and 18 more...
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connexion
link, joining, junction, concatenation, hookup, isthmus, ligament, articulation, node, tie, relation, intersection and 86 more...
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Visual Design
Words used in the visual design field
aethetics, composition, harmony, entropy, dissonance, concrete, line, invention, linear, mass, motion, order and 24 more...
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dharma66's list
words that pique my interest either by meaning, pronunciation, or spelling, and words that otherwise tickle my fancy!!
pique, elusive, serendipity, nefarious, redundant, pseudoscientific, obsequious, flack, quandary, impervious, perchance, translucent and 168 more...
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tree's Words
aphasia, anhedonia, promontory, misandry, amanuensis, asymptote, penultimate, muslin, tundra, calico, kinaesthesia, rutabaga and 209 more...
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SAT Vocab
Redundant.
problematic, proclivity, prodigal, prodigious, prodigy, profane, profligate, profound, profusion, proliferation, prolific, prologue and 455 more...
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GRE AWA
escalating, vehement, vehemence, hostility, paparazzi, regime, irrespective, scoop, exaggerated, overblown, unfetter, scrupulous and 272 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL P
pacifistic, pacify, palatable, palaver, palliate, pallid, palpable, pamper, panacea, pandemic, pandemonium, panegyric and 209 more...
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GPaX. Words.
excogitate, clarity, obscurity, tangential, interesting, regurgitate, mycelium, degradation, unladen, swallow, klein, quote and 120 more...
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European World Systems
europe, colonization, defense, barter, feudalism, gunpowder, technology, guns, domination, lords, monarchs, transition and 250 more...
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wordsmithing part deux
because wordsmith is not a verb.
enmity, incarnate, chignon, nape, solitude, nocturne, decorum, warren, svelte, interstice, serene, charlotte and 488 more...
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Verbal Advantage List
ostensible, paraphrase, digress, uncanny, candor, morose, adept, saturated, pragmatic, congenial, capricious, blatant and 487 more...
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