Proximate

Adjective

 * 1) Close or closest; adjacent.
 * 2)  Immediately preceding or following in a chain of causation.
 * 3) About to take place; impending.

Related terms

 * proximate cause

Noun

 * 1)  A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other)  languages for a principal third person

Thesaurus
advancing, appendant, approaching, approximate, approximating, approximative, arm-in-arm, attracted to, burning, cheek-by-jowl, close, coming, comparable, consequent, drawn to, ensuing, following, forthcoming, hand-in-hand, homologous, hot, immediate, imminent, impending, intimate, like, near, near the mark, nearby, nearing, nearish, next, nigh, nighish, oncoming, posterior, postpositional, postpositive, propinque, proximal, relatable, rough, rude, sequacious, sequent, sequential, side-by-side, similar, subsequent, succeeding, successive, suffixed, to come, upcoming, vicinal, warm

Etymology
< proximatus:, past participle of proximare: <  proximus:, superlative of prope:.

Related terms

 * approximate
 * approximation
 * approximator
 * proximity