propinquityformal

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Closeness in distance and time
a few stepsidiom
a hair's breadthidiom
a stone's throwidiom
about
ace
anywhere
anywhere nearidiom
approachable
around
float
float around
hand to handidiom
hard by
proximate
proximately
roof
round the corneridiom
shadow
shout
step

proximity | American Dictionary

proximity
noun[ U ]
us/prɑkˈsɪm·ɪ·t̬i/
the state of being near in space or time:
Mexico is a popular vacation spot because of its proximity to California.

Examples of proximity

proximity
Finally, is gap-phase regeneration of a largeseeded timber species affected by proximity of a mature conspecific to the gap?
As such it is, among other things, an expression of the kingdom's expansion and of genealogical distance or proximity to the current ruler.
He visited rural villages and witnessed how the different groups lived in close proximity to one another.
The relational proximity of inter-generational role relationships also varies directly with the degree to which they are institutionalised.
The listener and the singer are ' placed' now in very intimate proximity.
The paper takes a structural approach, identifying the characteristics of households, proximity to relatives, frequency of contact, intergenerational transfers and non-kin relationships.
There is encouragement for older people and their families to live in close proximity.
This idea would provide a natural explanation of why ellipses usually occur in close proximity to the material they take their meaning from.
Agents are assumed to interact with each other with a probability that depends on spatial proximity (the very reason why space is accounted for here).
The concerns revolve around their audiences' appraisal of the amenities and proximity of the theatre.
Proximity is the distance along some issue/policy space between the voter's ideal point and the candidate's position.
The importance of the elections in domestic political context depends, however, on the proximity of national elections.
In this case various goods are ranked according to their proximity to the fundamental conditions of action.
Disengagement theorists regard this progression as inevitable, universal, and triggered by an awareness of proximity to death.
Although assemblages should be influenced by proximity to pottery sources, the highest-quality items should gravitate to the wealthiest or higher-status households.
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Collocations withproximity

proximity

These are words often used in combination with proximity.

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close proximity
During the transition from one room to another and during the measuring process, the experimenter/stranger was in very closeproximity to the child.
closer proximity
Experts do not remove themselves from the crowd by relying on method but set themselves in closerproximity to the public outside the expert enclave.
geographic proximity
Conversely, geographicproximity will work to constrain opportunities.
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