propound
verb (used with object)
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose.
is propounding
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present progressiveof propound (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The message Mr. Psihoyos is propounding is that each voice and each act, no matter how small, counts: Outrage generated by “The Cove” helped reduce dolphin killings in Japan to 6,000 a year from 23,000.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2015
Now, in a heretical stance sure to outrage the medical profession, a male gynecologist is propounding that view.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is the machinery to 'prevent the fiend,' which the scientific statesman is propounding.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
It is a remedy for the world as it is, that this reformer is propounding.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
