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proposition

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

  • An idea or a plan offered.

  • (business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

  • In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

  • (grammar) A complete sentence.

  • The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

    "“'Wiktionary is a good dictionary' is a proposition” is a proposition."

  • An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

  • An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

  • A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

    "the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"

  • The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

Synonyms

proposal,
suggestion,
statement,
proposal,
suggestion,
proposal

verb

Meaning

  • To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

  • To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).