First Known Use: 15th century
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proximity
noun prox·im·i·ty \präk-ˈsi-mə-tē\
: the state of being near
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Origin of PROXIMITY
Middle French proximité, from Latin proximitat-, proximitas, from proximus
Related to PROXIMITY
- Synonyms
- adjacency, closeness, contiguity, immediacy, nearness, propinquity, vicinity
- Antonyms
- distance, remoteness
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