Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation.
- noun Synonyms Vicinity, etc. (see
neighborhood ), adjacency.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
closeness ; the state of beingnear as in space, time, or relationship.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
- noun the property of being close together
- noun the region close around a person or thing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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No self-respecting chick is going to agree to a first date in proximity to your Star Wars sheets.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 5 Places You Should NEVER Go on a First Date. Meredith Fineman 2010
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People get PISSED if you interfere or even get in proximity to their fishing grounds.
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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.
Dear POW Network 2010
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No self-respecting chick is going to agree to a first date in proximity to your Star Wars sheets.
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 5 Places You Should NEVER Go on a First Date. Meredith Fineman 2010
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Moreover, the evidence suggests that the products are likely to be shelved in proximity, making a consumer more likely to infer equivalence.
Out of joint: duelling supplements denied summary judgment Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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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.
Five Cities for the Career-Minded Student AnnaMaria Andriotis 2010
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Moreover, the evidence suggests that the products are likely to be shelved in proximity, making a consumer more likely to infer equivalence.
Archive 2009-09-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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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.
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This idea, the importance of proximity, is one of the first concepts that Steven Johnson introduces in "Where Good Ideas Come From."
Serendipitous Connections Megan McArdle 2010
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Still such proximity is saving my family a ton of gas and mileage.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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