proximityprox‧im‧i‧ty /prɒkˈsɪməti $ prɑːk-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
We chose the house for its proximity to the school.proximity of the proximity of the Bahamas to the States Here the rich and the poor live in close proximity (=very near to each other).
WORD ORIGINproximity
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin proximitas, from proximus; ➔ PROXIMATEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- San Francisco has a significant immigrant population because of its proximity to Asia.
- The proximity of schools, stores, hospitals, and so on is an important factor when purchasing a house.
- An important factor to consider is the proximity of your lodging to the slopes and to nightlife.
- Conde Nast Traveler magazine readers last year rated Lindbergh among the top 10 most-popular airports because of its proximity to downtown.
- Something about the proximity of audience and performer at Guildford turned the whole thing into a party.
- This nowhere land has neither the benefit of distance from Chicago to either become agricultural or the proximity to be wholly relevant.
- Those criteria include sibling priority and geographical proximity.
- To either side old farmhouses and new villas stood in uneasy proximity.
- When the laws were liberalized, Baja's proximity to California came into play.
Longman Language Activatorthe fact of being near
: nearness/closeness to · The price of villas varies considerably, according to their facilities and their nearness to the sea.· Some of the people took advantage of their village's closeness to the border and made profits from smuggling.
formal nearness: proximity to: · San Francisco has a significant immigrant population because of its proximity to Asia.proximity of: · The proximity of schools, stores, hospitals, and so on is an important factor when purchasing a house.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Here the rich and the poor live in close proximity (=very near to each other).COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
formal nearness in distance or timeproximity to Here the rich and the poor live in close proximity (=very near to each other).· Anyone can enter paintings in any style, and the lucky winners get hung, in rather close proximity, and sold.· Bormann followed the simple principle of always remaining in the closest proximity to the source of all grace and favor.· Organizational structure was driven by the necessity of having skilled negotiators in close proximity.· To guarantee plenty of fruit production, both male and female plants need to be put in the ground in close proximity.· This is another place where visual and auditory information is handled in close proximity.· Certainly he had not been in such close proximity to a pretty young girl for as long as he could remember.· The idea is that close proximity will result in greater inter-disciplinary contacts.· One of the great pleasures of the exhibition is to see so many works of high quality brought into close proximity.
· Those criteria include sibling priority and geographical proximity.· On that basis, communities of interest, rather than geographical proximity, are redefining the politics of our time.
· Sometimes, allusions to physical proximity were unavoidable, but it was never, on any occasion, represented literally.· His physical proximity invariably seemed to provoke in her sensations with which she was quite unfamiliar.· Aristos' very physical proximity filled Ocker with barely suppressed fury.
VERB· Doak now has over 30 written accounts of dolphins living in close proximity to humans.
We chose the house for its proximity to the school.proximity of the proximity of the Bahamas to the States Here the rich and the poor live in close proximity (=very near to each other).