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proposition

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.

Pronunciation

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  • (General American) enPR: präp'ə-zĭshʹən IPA(key): /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: prop‧o‧si‧tion

Noun

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proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)

  1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
  2. (countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      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.
    • 2012, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “Girl at Home”, in Red‎[1], performed by Taylor Swift:
      And it would be a fine proposition
      If I was a stupid girl
      But honey, I am no one's exception
      This I have previously learned
    1. (informal) A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
      • 2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, in SCP Foundation‎[2], archived from the original on 31 December 2024:
        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.
  3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
  4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
  5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
    • c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., page 98:
      Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
  6. English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia
    (countable, logic) 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.
    “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
  7. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
  8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
  9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
    the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
    • 1668, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […]: Sermon XXI. [Of Christian Prudence.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume VI, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 113:
      There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.
  10. (poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
  11. Misspelling of preposition.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)

  1. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
    • 1984 April 7, anonymous author, “Isolate and Conquer”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
      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.
    1. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
      Synonyms: pass, come on to, hit on

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Finnish

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Noun

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proposition

  1. genitive singular of propositio

French

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Etymology

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From Latin prōpositiōnem (“statement, proposition”), from prōpōnō (“propose”), from pōnō (“place; assume”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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proposition f (plural propositions)

  1. proposition, suggestion
  2. (grammar) proposition
  3. (grammar) clause

Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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proposition

  1. Alternative form of proposicioun

Norman

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Etymology

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From Latin prōpositiō, prōpositiōnem.

Noun

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proposition f (plural propositions)

  1. (Jersey) proposition
  2. (Jersey, grammar) clause

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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proposition c

  1. a proposition, a government bill[1] (draft of a law, proposed by the government)

Usage notes

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  • bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion

Declension

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Declension of proposition
nominative genitive
singular indefinite proposition propositions
definite propositionen propositionens
plural indefinite propositioner propositioners
definite propositionerna propositionernas
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References

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  1. ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
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