PROXY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does proxy mean? 

• PROXY (noun)
  The noun PROXY has 2 senses:

1. a person authorized to act for another

2. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

  Familiarity information: PROXY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROXY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person authorized to act for another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

placeholder; procurator; proxy

Hypernyms ("proxy" is a kind of...):

agent (a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("proxy" is a kind of...):

power of attorney (a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent)

 Context examples 

"Of course they will, they are used to it now. Do it this minute, sir!" commanded Jo, fearing he might propose a proxy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Your proxy is someone you trust to make health decisions for you if you are unable to do so.

(Advance Directives, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

No aunt, no officers, no news could be sought after—the very shoe-roses for Netherfield were got by proxy.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Barite, a mineral compound of barium, is now a direct and accurate proxy for marine productivity, marine climate, and marine life evolution in general.

(Researchers discover the oceanic precipitation mechanism for barium, which is a proxy for marine bacterial productivity, University of Granada)

We’ve been measuring ‘carbon’ in freshwater as a proxy for everything from water quality to the productivity of freshwater ecosystems.

(Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems, University of Cambridge)

These lesions, which appear as bright spots on MRI images, can be used as a proxy measure of brain white matter disease.

(Physical Activity May Reduce Age-Related Movement Problems, NIH)

But a parish has wants and claims which can be known only by a clergyman constantly resident, and which no proxy can be capable of satisfying to the same extent.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Though spoken low, she could distinguish, “What! Always to be watched, in person or by proxy!”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Also called healthcare proxy.

(HCP, NCI Dictionary)

To investigate these mechanisms, the researchers studied brain patterns in 21 healthy individuals during two different tests using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow within the brain as a proxy for how active different regions are.

(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)