Proximate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Close or closest; adjacent. Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation. About to take place; impending.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a principal third person
Close
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Closed, shut.At a little distance; near.Intimate; well-loved.hot, humid, with no wind.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To obstruct (an opening).To move so that an opening is closed.To put an end to.To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.To make a sale.To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.To terminate a computer program or a window or file thereof.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An end of something.An enclosed field.A street that ends in a dead end.A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.A cathedral close.
Example sentence: Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.