Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Nearness or proximity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literary, uncountable
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Synonyms: appropinquity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Affiliation or similarity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, literary, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property of being close together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: proximity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nearness, closeness
History
From propinqu(ent) + -ity, from Middle English propinquite, from Middle French propinquité or Latin propinquitās, from propinquus (“neighbouring”) (from prop(e) (“near”) + (h)inc (“hence”) + -uus).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
