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Proposition
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- 1 The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. uncountable
- 2 a task to be dealt with wordnet
- 3 An idea, plan, or suggestion offered. countable
"The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained."
- 4 (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false wordnet
- 5 An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.; A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved). countable, informal, uncountable
"Quinn looked into the intersection. Tonya was standing in the middle of it, stance wide, taser in both hands, Quinn's rickshaw on the sidewalk behind her. "Ow," said Quinn, and it came out just shy of a proposition."
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- 6 the act of making a proposal wordnet
- 7 The terms of a transaction offered. countable
- 8 an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) wordnet
- 9 In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate. US, countable
"In November, though, voters will be faced with proposition one. It's a citizen's initiative that will do two things. If passed, it would open up all primaries in Idaho, and it would create a new voting system known as ranked choice voting."
- 10 a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection wordnet
- 11 A complete sentence. countable, uncountable
"Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition."
- 12 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. countable
"“Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition."
- 13 An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false. countable
- 14 An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem. countable
- 15 A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed. countable, uncountable
"the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"
- 16 The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it. countable, poetic, uncountable
- 17 Misspelling of preposition. alt-of, countable, misspelling, uncountable
- 1 To make an offer or suggestion to (someone). informal, transitive
"The Superintendent of the facility tried to proposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again."
- 2 suggest sex to wordnet
- 3 To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).; To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved). informal, transitive
"Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers."
Etymology
From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.
From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.
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