Proximate synonyms

prŏk'sə-mĭt

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close
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
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within a stone's throw
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direct
Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving:
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forthcoming
The definition of forthcoming refers to something that is about to happen, or to someone who is willing to openly share information.
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imminent
Likely to happen without delay; impending; often, specif., threatening, looming, etc.
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near
Nearly occurring but not actually happening:
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nearby
The definition of nearby is close or not far away.
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next
The definition of next is just before or after.
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adjacent
Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
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contiguous
Near, next, or adjacent
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immediate
Very close; direct or adjacent.
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nigh
(Archaic, poetic) near, close by
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momentary
Lasting for only a moment.
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at-hand
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under-one-s-nose
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within hailing distance
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ultimate (antonym)
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
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causal (related)
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correlative (related)
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explicable (related)
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impending
The definition of impending is about to happen.
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Proximate Sentence Examples

  • After Cimon's death he renounced the war against Persia, and the collapse of 447-445 had the effect of completing his change ' The general impression in Greece was that this decree was the proximate cause of the war.

  • Nature (says Zeller) is to Hegel a system of gradations, of which one arises necessarily out of the other, and is the proximate truth of that out of which it results.

  • The weakness of the NeoLamarckian view lies in its interpretation of heredity; its strength lies in its zealous study of the living world and the detection therein of proximate empirical laws, a strength shared by very many bionomical investigations, the authors of which would prefer to call themselves Darwinians, or to leave themselves without sectarian designation.

  • An account of the structure of plants naturally begins with the cell which is the proximate unit of organic structure.

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