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proposition
[prop-uh-zish-uhn]
noun
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.
verb (used with object)
to propose sexual relations to.
to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.
proposition
/ ˌɒəˈɪʃə /
noun
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
maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof
informala person or matter to be dealt with
he's a difficult proposition
an invitation to engage in sexual intercourse
verb
(tr) to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse
Other 51Թ Forms
- propositional adjective
- propositionally adverb
- underproposition noun
- ˌDZˈپDzԲ adverb
- ˌDZˈپDzԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of proposition1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of proposition1
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Example Sentences
The chief complaint about pet parenting seems to be that it wastes valuable love that could go to a human child on a fuzzy facsimile of one, as though companionship is a zero-sum proposition.
We think it should be spread in the schools, and we think it could be used to create ballot propositions.
Some are sceptical that apples cultivated in hot areas will ever be a commercial proposition.
The Defence Ministry complex is an entirely different proposition – not least because it acts as a memorial to the casualties of the 1999 bombing campaign.
Managing Brentford feels a very different proposition to managing Spurs though - moving from a club with consistently one of the lowest budgets in the division, to one full of high-paid, high-profile players.
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