prox
9.9
Refers to the next month, especially in dates
- adjective
- Archaic
:
próximo
- Please submit your final report by the 1st prox.
Examples
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The meeting has been postponed to the 12th prox.
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Her appointment is scheduled for the 6th prox.
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The meeting is scheduled for prox March.
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We will finalize the report in prox April.
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Her appointment is scheduled for the 6th prox.
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Please submit your final report by the 1st prox.
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The meeting has been postponed to the 12th prox.
Synonyms
9.9
About the next month after this one
is dated and now considered an older term rather than current usage
How Near
Surface Forms
prox positive
Etymology
The word prox comes from the Latin proximus, meaning 'nearest', and it shares the same root as English proximity ('nearness'). In old letters people wrote prox after a date to show it was in the 'next month', which is why prox means 'of the next month'.