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Proposition

noun
/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
Word Frequency: 13.9

Definitions

1.nounThe act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2.nounAn idea or a plan offered.
3.noun(business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
4.nounIn some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
5.noun(grammar) A complete sentence.
6.nounThe 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 connected by a copula.
"“'Wiktionary is a good dictionary' is a proposition” is a proposition."
7.nounAn assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
8.nounAn assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
9.nounA statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
"the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"
10.nounThe part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
11.verbTo make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
12.verbTo make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

Synonyms

proposalsuggestionstatementprofferofferrecommendationclaimaffirmationaffirmnominationassertionposition

Rhymes With

dispositioncognitionambitioneruditionadmonitionvolitioncompositionrecognition
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