proposed

American  

[pruh-pohzd] / prəˈpoʊzd /

adjective

1. offered or suggested for consideration, acceptance, or action.

   Any proposed change to this charter must be noted on the agenda that is sent out for the next scheduled meeting.

2. (of a toast) offered.

   At the convention reception, the jokingly proposed toast was, "To pure mathematics, and may it never be of any use to anyone!"

3. presented or nominated for some position, membership, task, etc..

   The letter should describe the purpose of the committee and list all proposed members along with their faculty ranks.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of propose.

Other Word Forms

• unproposed adjective

Etymology

Origin of proposed

propose ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Others even proposed bills to reverse the Medicaid cuts.

From Salon

Though the European Union in December proposed scrapping a planned 2035 ban on new combustion-engine vehicles, carmakers would still face having to cut emissions by 90 percent from 2021 levels under its latest plan.

From Barron's

In 2018, a study published in the journal Science proposed that the strain actually emerged on the Korean Peninsula.

From Science Daily

Støre said they had conveyed opposition to proposed tariff increases over the Greenland dispute, and pointed to the need to de-escalate, proposing a three-way phone call the same day.

From BBC

Forty percent of firms surveyed by AGC said they raised their bid prices in response to actual or proposed tariffs last year and only 11% of firms said they absorbed all tariff-related cost increases themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• expected
• planned
• prospective
• recommended
• scheduled
• suggested