proposition

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2. (countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
4. (countable) The terms of a transaction offered.
5. (US, countable) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
6. (countable, uncountable) A complete sentence.
7. (countable) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and is connected by a copula.
8. (countable) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
9. (countable) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
10. (countable, uncountable) A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
11. (countable, poetic, uncountable) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
12. (alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable) Misspelling of preposition.

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
2. (informal, transitive) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

Synonyms

proposal

suggestion

offer

motion

statement

theorem

thesis

claim

argument

assertion

report

bid

overture

premise

question

❓

rendition

notice

tender

averment

intro

topic

request

rendering

show

proffer

project

presentation

pronouncement

draft resolution

display

characterisation

directions

dictum

case

argumentation

diction

dicta

description

offering

denotation

bidding

advice

demurrer

nomination

demur

bargain

message

opinion

measure

declaration

Translations

proposition

proposición

proposta

proposição

Vorschlag

proposizione

πρόταση

propuesta

offre

proposta

voorstel

proposició

suggestion

Antrag

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: proposicioun

In summary

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.