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proposition
[ prop-uh-zish-uhn ]
noun
- the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- a plan or scheme proposed.
- an offer of terms for a transaction, as in business.
- a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered:
Keeping diplomatic channels open is a serious proposition.
- anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
- Rhetoric. a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.
- Logic. a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.
- Mathematics. a formal statement of either a truth to be demonstrated or an operation to be performed; a theorem or a problem.
- a proposal of usually illicit sexual relations.
verb (used with object)
- to propose sexual relations to.
- to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.
proposition
/ ˌɒəˈɪʃə /
noun
- a proposal or topic presented for consideration
- philosophy
- the content of a sentence that affirms or denies something and is capable of being true or false
- the meaning of such a sentence: I am warm always expresses the same proposition whoever the speaker is Compare statement
- maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof
- informal.a person or matter to be dealt with
he's a difficult proposition
- an invitation to engage in sexual intercourse
verb
- tr to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse
Derived Forms
- ˌDZˈپDzԲ, adverb
- ˌDZˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- DZo·tDz· adjective
- DZo·tDz··ly adverb
- ܲd·DZo·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of proposition1
Word History and Origins
Origin of proposition1
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Example Sentences
Hope will live on, but PSG have shown what a formidable proposition they have become.
Rashford is a more attractive proposition for potential suitors than he was when he joined Villa on 2 February.
"This is a losing proposition all around. The Judiciary will lose much from the constant intimations of its illegitimacy," he wrote.
But if he can impulse-buy IVF as casually as a round of beers, then the film has to respect the viewer enough to answer the obvious follow-up questions: How unbalanced is this marriage-for-medical-treatment proposition?
During the episode, Lord Sugar said air conditioning made Dean an "honest living" but he needed to show a "scalable proposition".
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