noun (plural proxies)
1 [U] the authority that you give to sb to do sth for you, when you cannot do it yourself:
You can vote either in person or by proxy. * a proxy vote
2 [C,U] ~ (for sb) a person who has been given the authority to represent sb else:
Your proxy will need to sign the form on your behalf. * She is acting as proxy for her husband. * They were like proxy parents to me.
3 [C] ~ for sth (formal or technical) something that you use to represent sth else that you are trying to measure or calculate:
The number of patients on a doctor's list was seen as a good proxy for assessing how hard they work.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for proxy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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