Proximity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next; closeness: "Swift's major writings have a proximity and a relevance that is splendidly invigorating” ( M.D. Aeschliman). See Usage Note at redundancy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation.
  • n. Synonyms Vicinity, etc. (see neighborhood), adjacency.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • n. the property of being close together
  • n. the region close around a person or thing
  • Hypernym
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    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    nearness    closeness   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    unanimity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vicinity    nearness    intimacy    isolation    resemblance