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proposition

[ prop-uh-zish-uhn ]

noun

  1. the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
  2. a plan or scheme proposed.
  3. an offer of terms for a transaction, as in business.
  4. a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered:

    Keeping diplomatic channels open is a serious proposition.

  5. anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
  6. Rhetoric. a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.
  7. Logic. a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.
  8. Mathematics. a formal statement of either a truth to be demonstrated or an operation to be performed; a theorem or a problem.
  9. a proposal of usually illicit sexual relations.


verb (used with object)

  1. to propose sexual relations to.
  2. to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.

proposition

/ ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən /

noun

  1. a proposal or topic presented for consideration
  2. philosophy
    1. the content of a sentence that affirms or denies something and is capable of being true or false
    2. the meaning of such a sentence: I am warm always expresses the same proposition whoever the speaker is Compare statement
  3. maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof
  4. informal.
    a person or matter to be dealt with

    he's a difficult proposition

  5. an invitation to engage in sexual intercourse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌpropoˈsitionally, adverb
  • ˌpropoˈsitional, adjective
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Other Words From

  • propo·sition·al adjective
  • propo·sition·al·ly adverb
  • under·propo·sition noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proposition1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English proposicio(u)n, from Latin prōpositiōn- (stem of prōpositiō ) “a setting forth.” See propositus, -ion
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proposition1

C14 proposicioun, from Latin prōpositiō a setting forth; see propose
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

How tech does these things is often arcane, but what it does – the outcome – should be easy to explain, especially as a business or investment proposition.

From Fortune

E-commerce, at least for now, has helped the company deliver on that proposition.

From Digiday

Microsoft still owns Bing’s search engine, Xbox’s gaming console and even MSN’s online portal, but it has become more of a business-facing tech company than a consumer proposition.

From Digiday

Landing pages need to communicate this proposition in a succinct way sufficiently.

As a business, your unique selling proposition is what sets you and your competitor’s miles apart.

However, welcoming refugees is an expensive and potentially risky proposition for European countries.

It stands for the proposition that the biological basis of procreation should also be the sole organizing principle of society.

An HIV scare, Rand Paul talking points, and a (maybe) proposition.

The lack of love likely stems from DeMaio's silence on Proposition 8.

Indeed, turning all doctors into employees is quite a dangerous proposition.

Now the trouble with the main proposition just quoted is that each side of the equation is used as the measure of the other.

I will not, therefore, say that the proposition that the value of everything equals the cost of production is false.

If one could languish through life in the shell of a mere beauty that life would be a good deal simpler proposition than it is.

But in reality this paradox of value is the most fundamental proposition in economic science.

When Michael got thus far in his proposition, it was not very difficult to work it to the end.

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