Proposition

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2. (countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
6. (countable, logic) 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 is connected by a copula.
7. (countable, mathematics, philosophy) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

Example Sentences

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned

In November, though, voters will be faced with proposition one. It's a citizen's initiative that will do two things. If passed, it would open up all primaries in Idaho, and it would create a new voting system known as ranked choice voting.

Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

“Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.

the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.

The Superintendent of the facility tried to proposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again.

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Word Forms

• propositions
• propositioning
• propositioned

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