Propound

//prəˈpaʊnd//

Synonyms for "propound" (44 found)

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More general

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Related terms

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coordinate

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

18 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • излагам verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)
  • предлагам за разглеждане verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 提出 verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Finnish

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  • ehdottaa verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)
  • esittää verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

French

1 entries
  • proposer verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

German

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  • vorlegen verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)
  • vorschlagen verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Norwegian

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  • framlegge verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)
  • framsette verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Polish

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  • postulować verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Portuguese

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  • propor verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • predložiti verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)
  • proponirati verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Spanish

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  • proponer verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Swedish

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  • lägga fram verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • висувати verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)
  • пропонувати verb (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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Today I'll expound at length the theory that I propounded last year.

Source: wiktionary

“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”

Source: wiktionary

A Mormon tribunal will try a woman whose national campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment is said to be undermining the church. Mormon officials declared that the woman, Sonia Johnson, is propounding "false doctrine."

Source: wiktionary

Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.