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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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  1. 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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