proposal

English

Etymology

From propose +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpoʊzəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpəʊzəl/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

proposal (plural proposals)

1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.

   Synonyms: overture, proffer, proposition

   1. A scheme or design.

      Synonyms: plot; see also Thesaurus:design

      proposals for the construction of a new building

   2. The terms or conditions proposed.

      to make proposals for a treaty of peace

      • 1880, Mark Twain, chapter VIII, in A Tramp Abroad:

        "That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.

   3. The document on which such a thing is written.
      • December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game

        Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...

   4. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.
      • October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry

        Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.

      • 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 4, in Three Men and a Maid:

        You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary run of conversation. It wants leading up to.

      • 1854, Charles Dickens, “Chapter XV”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:

        ‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal of marriage, my dear.’ To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:

   5. (law) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

      Synonym: tender

Derived terms

• counterproposal
• modest proposal
• promposal
• request for proposal

 

Related terms

• proposition

Translations

that which is proposed

• Albanian: propozim (sq) m
• Arabic: مُقْتَرَح m (muqtaraḥ), اِقْتِرَاح m (iqtirāḥ)
• Armenian: առաջարկություն (hy) (aṙaǰarkutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: təklif (az)
• Belarusian: прапано́ва f (prapanóva), прапазі́цыя f (prapazícyja), прапазы́цыя f (prapazýcyja)
• Bengali: প্রস্তাব (bn) (prostab)
• Breton: kinnig (br) m
• Bulgarian: предложе́ние (bg) n (predložénie)
• Catalan: proposta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提議 / 提议 (zh) (tíyì), 建議 / 建议 (zh) (jiànyì), 提案 (zh) (tí'àn), (marriage) 求婚 (zh) (qiúhūn)

• Czech: návrh (cs) m
• Danish: forslag (da) n
• Dutch: voorstel (nl) n
• Esperanto: propono
• Estonian: ettepanek
• Finnish: ehdotus (fi), esitys (fi), kosinta (fi)
• French: proposition (fr) f
• Georgian: წინადადება (c̣inadadeba)
• German: Vorschlag (de) m
• Greek: πρόταση (el) f (prótasi)

  Ancient: πρότασις f (prótasis)

• Hebrew: הַצָּעָה f (hatsa'á)
• Hindi: प्रस्ताव (hi) m (prastāv)
• Hungarian: javaslat (hu)
• Indonesian: proposal (id), lamaran (id), usul (id), usulan (id)
• Italian: proposta (it) f
• Japanese: 提案 (ja) (ていあん, teian), 求婚 (ja) (きゅうこん, kyūkon) (marriage), プロポーズ (ja) (puropōzu) (marriage)
• Kashubian: bédowanié n
• Kazakh: ұсыныс (ūsynys)
• Korean: 제안(提案) (ko) (jean), 구혼(求婚) (ko) (guhon) (marriage), 프러포즈 (peureopojeu) (marriage)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پێشنیار (ckb) (pêşnyar), پێشنیاز (pêşnyaz)

  Northern Kurdish: teklîf (ku), pêşniyar (ku), pêşniyaz (ku)

• Kyrgyz: сунуш (ky) (sunuş)
• Latvian: priekšlikums m
• Lithuanian: pasiūlymas m
• Macedonian: предлог m (predlog), понуда (mk) f (ponuda)
• Maori: marohitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forslag n

• Pashto: پېشنهاد (ps) m (pešnehād), وړانديز (ps) m (wṛāndiz)
• Persian: پیشنهاد (fa) (pišnehâd)
• Plautdietsch: Väaschlach m
• Polish: propozycja (pl) f, oferta (pl) f
• Portuguese: proposta (pt) f
• Romanian: propunere (ro) f
• Russian: предложе́ние (ru) n (predložénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пре́длог m, прије́длог m, по̏нуда f

  Roman: prédlog m, prijédlog (sh) m, pȍnuda (sh) f

• Slovak: návrh (sk) m
• Slovene: predlog (sl) m
• Spanish: propuesta (es) f
• Swahili: pendekezo (sw)
• Swedish: förslag (sv) n
• Tagalog: panukala
• Tajik: пешниҳод (tg) (pešnihod)
• Tatar: тәкъдим (tt) (täqdim)
• Thai: ข้อเสนอ (th) (kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə)
• Turkish: teklif (tr), öneri (tr)
• Turkmen: teklip
• Ukrainian: пропози́ція (uk) f (propozýcija)
• Urdu: پرستاو (prastāv)
• Uyghur: تەكلىپ (teklip)
• Uzbek: taklif (uz)
• Yiddish: פֿאָרשלאָג m (forshlog)

law: the offer by a party of what they have in view

• Greek: προσφορά (el) f (prosforá)
• Italian: accordo (it) m
• Japanese: 企画書 (きかくしょ, kikakusho), 提案書 (ていあんしょ, teiansho)
• Polish: oferta (pl) f, wniosek (pl) m
• Portuguese: proposta (pt) f
• Tagalog: munakala

the act of proposing a marriage

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Adyghe: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: طَلَب الزَّوَاج m (ṭalab az-zawāj)
• Belarusian: прапано́ва f (prapanóva)
• Bulgarian: предложе́ние (bg) n (predložénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 求婚 (zh) (qiúhūn)

• Czech: nabídka k sňatku f, nabídka (cs) f
• Danish: frieri n
• Dutch: huwelijksaanzoek (nl) n
• Faroese: bønarorð n
• Finnish: kosinta (fi)
• French: demande en mariage (fr) f
• German: Heiratsantrag (de) m
• Hebrew: זים (he) m (zim)
• Hindi: प्रस्ताव (hi) m (prastāv)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: bónorð n
• Indonesian: lamaran (id)
• Italian: proposta (it) f
• Japanese: 求婚 (ja) (きゅうこん, kyūkon), プロポーズ (ja) (puropōzu)
• Korean: 구혼(求婚) (ko) (guhon), 프러포즈 (peureopojeu)
• Macedonian: предлог за брак m (predlog za brak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frieri n

  Nynorsk: frieri n

• Persian: خواستگاری (fa) (xâstegâri)
• Polish: oświadczyny pl
• Romanian: cerere în căsătorie f
• Russian: предложе́ние (ru) n (predložénije)
• Slovak: ponuka f
• Slovene: snubitev f
• Swedish: frieri (sv) n
• Turkish: evlenme teklifi
• Ukrainian: осві́дчення n (osvídčennja), осві́дчини pl (osvídčyny)
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can
• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Indonesian

Etymology

From English proposal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /prɔˈpɔsal/ [prɔˈpɔ.sal]
• Rhymes: -ɔsal
• Syllabification: pro‧po‧sal

Noun

proposal

1. proposal (something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance)

   Synonym: usulan

2. proposal (the document on which such a thing is written)

   Synonym: usulan

Further reading

• “proposal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.