All in favor of this proposition will please say Aye.
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Proposition
//ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən//
Synonyms for "proposition" (183 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Verb(3 words)
commend to attentioncommitmentconclusionconjecturecontractcreeddatadealdeclarationdictatedictumdoctrineeffortengagemententerpriseenunciationfirst principlesformulafoundationgame plan
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golden rulegroundguessworkhypothesishypothesis ad hocimportuneimproper suggestionindecent proposalinferenceinstanceintroduceinvitationipse dixitlaunchlawlay beforelemmamajor premisemake a motionmake a passmake advancesmake an overturemanifestomeasureminor premisemootmotionmoveobligationofferoffer a resolutionopen up
Related words (91)
operationoverturepassphilosophemephilosophical propositionplanposepositionposition paperpositive declarationpostulatepostulationpostulatumpredicatepredicationpreferpremisepresumptionpresupposalpresupposition
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principiumprincipleproclamationprofessionprofferprogramprojectprojectionpronouncementproposepropositional functionpropoundprospectusprotestprotestationpurposeputput forthput forwardput it toquestionrecommendrequestresolutionrulesaysay sosay-sosayingscenarioschemeself-evident truthset beforeset forthset of postulatessettled principlesexual advancesolicitstancestandstartsubmitsuggestsumptionsupposalsupposingsuppositionsurmisetasktendertheoremthesisthrow a passtopictruismtruthtruth tabletruth-functiontruth-valueundertakinguniversal truthutteranceventurevouchwordworkworking hypothesis
Verb(1 words)
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More general
13 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
16 entrieshas context
8 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πρότασις noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
Arabic
3 entries- اِقْتِرَاح noun (idea or plan offered)
- قَضِيَّة noun (the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation)
- مُقْتَرَح noun (idea or plan offered)
Belarusian
2 entries- прапано́ва noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- прапано́ва noun (idea or plan offered)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предложе́ние noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- предложе́ние noun (idea or plan offered)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 命題 /命题 noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- 建議 /建议 noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- 建議 /建议 noun (idea or plan offered)
- 提案 noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
Czech
4 entries- nabídka noun (terms of a transaction offered)
- navrhování noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- návrh noun (idea or plan offered)
- věta noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
Danish
1 entries- forslag noun (idea or plan offered)
Dutch
2 entries- propositie noun (idea or plan offered)
- voorstel noun (idea or plan offered)
Finnish
4 entries- ehdotus noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- ehdotus noun (idea or plan offered)
- esitys noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- esitys noun (idea or plan offered)
French
1 entries- proposition noun (idea or plan offered)
Galician
2 entries- proposición noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- proposición noun (idea or plan offered)
Greek
4 entries- δήλωση noun (the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation)
- θέση noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- πρόταση noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- πρόταση noun (idea or plan offered)
Hebrew
1 entries- טענה noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
Hindi
2 entries- तर्कवाक्य noun (the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation)
- प्रतिज्ञप्ति noun (the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation)
Icelandic
2 entries- fullyrðing noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- yrðing noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
Ido
4 entries- propozajo noun (idea or plan offered)
- propozajo noun (terms of a transaction offered)
- propoziciono noun (idea or plan offered)
- propoziciono noun (terms of a transaction offered)
Italian
4 entries- proposizione noun (idea or plan offered)
- proposizione noun (terms of a transaction offered)
- proposizione logica noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- proposta noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
Japanese
4 entries- 命題 noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
- 命題 noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- 提案 noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- 提案 noun (idea or plan offered)
Korean
4 entries- 명제 noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
- 명제 noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- 제안 noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- 제안 noun (idea or plan offered)
Latin
1 entries- prōpositō verb (make an offer or suggestion)
Macedonian
1 entries- предлог noun (idea or plan offered)
Norman
1 entries- proposition noun (idea or plan offered)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- forslag noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
Old English
1 entries- fōresetnes noun (idea or plan offered)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väaschlach noun (idea or plan offered)
Polish
4 entries- propozycja noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- propozycja noun (idea or plan offered)
- stwierdzenie noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- zdanie noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
Portuguese
4 entries- proposição noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- proposição noun (idea or plan offered)
- proposição noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
- proposta noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
Romanian
4 entries- afirmație noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- declarație noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- propunere noun (idea or plan offered)
- sugestie noun (idea or plan offered)
Romansch
2 entries- proposiziun noun (idea or plan offered)
- proposiziun noun (terms of a transaction offered)
Russian
4 entries- заявле́ние noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
- предложе́ние noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- предложе́ние noun (idea or plan offered)
- проект noun (in the US: proposed statute or constitutional amendment)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- predlog noun (idea or plan offered)
- prijedlog noun (idea or plan offered)
- предлог noun (idea or plan offered)
- приједлог noun (idea or plan offered)
Slovak
1 entries- návrh noun (idea or plan offered)
Slovene
1 entries- predlog noun (idea or plan offered)
Spanish
4 entries- proposición noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- proposición noun (terms of a transaction offered)
- proposición noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
- propuesta noun (idea or plan offered)
Swedish
1 entries- förslag noun (idea or plan offered)
Tagalog
2 entries- palagay noun (math: assertion which can be considered true or false)
- palagay noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
Thai
1 entries- ประพจน์ noun (idea or plan offered)
Ukrainian
2 entries- пропози́ція noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- пропози́ція noun (idea or plan offered)
Vietnamese
4 entries- kiến nghị noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
- kiến nghị noun (idea or plan offered)
- mệnh đề noun (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem)
- đề nghị noun (uncountable: act of offering for consideration)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The bishops were in favor of the proposition.
Source: tatoeba (245503)
I am in favor of the proposition.
Source: tatoeba (254584)
I've got an attractive proposition for you.
Source: tatoeba (264407)
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