proposition
the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
a plan or scheme proposed.
an offer of terms for a transaction, as in business.
a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered: Keeping diplomatic channels open is a serious proposition.
anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Rhetoric. a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.
Logic. a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.
Mathematics. a formal statement of either a truth to be demonstrated or an operation to be performed; a theorem or a problem.
a proposal of usually illicit sexual relations.
to propose sexual relations to.
to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.
Origin of proposition
1synonym study For proposition
Other words from proposition
- prop·o·si·tion·al, adjective
- prop·o·si·tion·al·ly, adverb
- un·der·prop·o·si·tion, noun
Words that may be confused with proposition
- preposition, proposition
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How to use proposition in a sentence
But the example set by members of his own party puts the lie to such liberal-sounding propositions.
How Sexism Could Bring Down Japan’s Government | Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLater, he propositions Peggy once more, this time in her office.
Mad Men’s ‘The Runaways’: Three-Way Sex and Self-Mutilation in the Craziest Episode Yet | Marlow Stern | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe brought me cookies his wife made and he propositions me while I'm eating one.
What Porn Stars Want in 2014 (and Their Wildest Moments of Last Year) | Aurora Snow | January 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut over the past year, the evidence in support of all three propositions has just kept mounting.
Fannie Mae Just Made a $59.3B Payment—and It’s All Deficit Reduction | Daniel Gross | June 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe eight marques that multiplied the overhead and muddied the value propositions of its brands have been streamlined to four.
Mr. Brownlow was in the street at the time they made propositions to shoot down other Union men.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowThe question was, whether the propositions should be explained now, or after the house had gone into a committee.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanSir Robert Peel said that the discussion on the anticipated propositions was foreign to the question before the house.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHad he any measure of his own to propose, or was he willing to adopt the propositions of others?
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThese, then, are the methods commonly adopted for explaining terms and propositions.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for proposition
/ (ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən) /
a proposal or topic presented for consideration
philosophy
the content of a sentence that affirms or denies something and is capable of being true or false
the meaning of such a sentence: I am warm always expresses the same proposition whoever the speaker is: Compare statement (def. 8)
maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof
informal a person or matter to be dealt with: he's a difficult proposition
an invitation to engage in sexual intercourse
(tr) to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse
Origin of proposition
1Derived forms of proposition
- propositional, adjective
- propositionally, adverb
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