proxy
UK/ˈpɹɒk.si//ˈpɹɑk.si/
proxy adjective: used as a proxy or acting as a proxy. Also the clipping of proximity mine.
Adjective
proxy (not comparable)
- Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
- a proxy indicator
- a proxy measurement
Noun
proxy (plural proxies)
- An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
- Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
- The authority to act for another, especially when written.
- I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC
- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
- A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another.
- An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
- A card used to substitute for another card, when the latter is not available.
Verb
proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)
- To serve as a proxy for.
- In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
- To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
Also used as
proxy is also the clipping of proximity mine.
proxy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
proxy in Hindi
- प्रॉक्सी, प्रोक्सी
proxy in Tamil
- ப்ராக்ஸி, பிராக்ஸி
proxy in Marathi
- प्रॉक्सी, प्रॉक्सी करण्यासाठी
proxy in Urdu
- پراکسی, پروکسی, پراکسی کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- proxy in Bengali
- প্রক্সি, প্রক্সির, প্রক্সি করা
- proxy in Telugu
- ప్రాక్సీ, ప్రక్సీ, ప్రాక్సీకి
- proxy in Malayalam
- പ്രോക്സി, പ്രൊക്സി, പ്രോക്സിയിലേക്ക്
- proxy in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಾಕ್ಸಿ, ಪ್ರಾಕ್ಸಿಯು, ಪ್ರಾಕ್ಸಿಗೆ
- proxy in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੌਕਸੀ, ਪਰਾਕਸੀ, ਪ੍ਰੌਕਸੀ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- proxy in Gujarati
- પ્રોક્સી, પ્રૉક્સી, પ્રોક્સિ
- proxy in Odia
- ପ୍ରକ୍ସି, ପ୍ରାକ୍ସି, ପ୍ରୋକ୍ସି
- proxy in Nepali
- प्रोक्सी, प्रॉक्सी, प्रक्सी
- proxy in Arabic
- إِنَابَة ʔināba, اِسْتِنَابَة istināba, تَفْوِيض tafwīḍ, تَوْكِيل tawkīl
- proxy in Indonesian
- proksi
- proxy in Thai
- ตัวแทน dtuua-tɛɛn
Examples of proxy in a sentence
- Scientists have found that handgrip strength is a surprisingly effective proxy measure for overall musculoskeletal health.
- The risk premium of equities can turn negative according to proxy measures, as has often occurred over the decades.
- We thus consider the neurophonic response as a reasonable proxy for single unit responses.
Synonyms of proxy
Forms of proxy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | proxies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | proxies |
| present participle | proxying |
| past participle | proxied |
| past | proxied |
Origin of proxy
Inherited from Middle English procucie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“to manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.
proximity + -y.
Words formed from proxy
- multiproxy
- Münchausen syndrome by proxy
- open proxy server
- paleoproxy
- proxy battle
- proxy bullying
- proxy card
- proxy fight
- proxygene
- proxy in blank
- proxyless
- proxy marriage
- proxy murder
- proxy pattern
- proxy representative
- proxy server
- proxyship
- proxy statement
- proxy vote
- proxy voting
- proxy war
- pseudoproxy
- synchronization proxy
- war by proxy
Phrases with proxy
- open proxy
- proxy mine
- proxy wars
- proxy mines
- proxy votes
- remote proxy
- caching proxy
- dynamic proxy
- forward proxy
- proxy servers
- reverse proxy
- virtual proxy
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- wars by proxy
- proxy patterns
- anonymous proxy
- proxy marriages
- surrogate proxy
- protection proxy
- open proxy servers
- copy-on-write proxy
- proxy representatives
- smart-reference proxy
- synchronisation proxy
- complexity-hiding proxy
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy
- Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Münchhausen syndrome by proxy
Words that rhyme with proxy
Questions about proxy
- What does proxy mean?
- Proxy means used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
- What is proxy in Hindi?
- Proxy in Hindi is प्रॉक्सी, प्रोक्सी. See Proxy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is proxy?
- Proxy can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce proxy?
- Proxy is pronounced /ˈpɹɒk.si/ (UK).
Words near proxy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: proxy (page history and authors); proxy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); proxy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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