propose

Meaning

Verb

1. To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
2. To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
3. To intend.
4. (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
5. (obsolete) To set forth.

Noun

An objective or aim.

Synonyms

suggest

offer

intend

aim

recommend

propound

put forward

nominate

submit

advance

move

plan

present

design

proffer

purpose

advise

make an application

pop the question

contemplate

plot

𐐹𐑉𐐲𐐹𐐬𐑆

declare oneself

apply

suggestion

tender

project

mean

raise

come up

make a proposal

give

vote

speak

🗣️

make a motion

apply for

proposal

initiate

purport

be about

bring forth

hint

object to

premeditate

invite

request

advocate

pencil

📝

perform

plat

play

playact

point out

pose

praise

prefer

presuppose

promote

prompt

put

put in

recommendation

recommendations

reenact

reflect

render

represent

reserve

resolve

retell

schedule

scheme

set out

show

sketch

slate

sound out

stage

state

strive

table

talk

🗣️

tell

act

think of

undertake

present oneself

put forth

stay overnight

subscribe for

start talking

make an overture

air

propose to

offer marriage

name to

put forward pose

tend to

act as

act out

adduce

advice

affect

ask

ask out

assume

attempt

be after

bidding

book

📖

break the ice

bring forward

broach

challenge

chat

cogitate

confess

consider

counsel

court

deliver

depict

designate

devise

draw

drive

enact

endeavor

engineer

execute

frame

get

impersonate

initiative

instance

introduce

lay out

lodge

make an offer

map

mediate

mention

moot

motion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈpəʊz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: proposen

In summary

From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb) , propos (noun), from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound.