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prox

/pɹɒks/

prox noun: the ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.

Noun (1)

prox (plural proxes)

  1. (US, Rhode Island) The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
    • on the election day at Newport , the ticket containing the names of the general officers has been called “ the prox” of general officers1841, Report of the select committee [on] the memorial of the democratic members of the Legislature of Rhode Island

Proper noun capitalized: Prox

Prox

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Proxima Centauri.
  2. Some inhabited planet of the Proxima Centauri system.

Noun (2) capitalized: PROX

PROX (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of preferential oxidation.

Forms of prox

pluralproxes

Origin of prox

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Words formed from prox

Words that rhyme with prox

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Questions about prox

What does prox mean?
Prox means the ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes.
What part of speech is prox?
Prox can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce prox?
Prox is pronounced /pɹɒks/.
What is the plural of prox?
The plural of prox is proxes.

Words near prox in the dictionary

  1. proworker
  2. prows
  3. Prowse
  4. Prowses
  5. Prowseton
  6. prox
  7. prox-
  8. prox.
  9. proxazole
  10. proxemic
  11. proxemical

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