Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: procuracie, from Latin procuratio, from procurare; PROCURE

proxy

1 noun
     
prox‧y1 plural proxies
1

by proxy

if you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you:
You can vote by proxy.
2 [uncountable and countable] someone who you choose to represent you, especially to vote for you
proxy for
a husband acting as proxy for his wife
3 [countable + for] formal something used to represent something else that you want to measure
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary