proposition.
The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
Meaning & usage
The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
An idea, plan, or suggestion offered. A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
The terms of a transaction offered.
In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
A complete sentence.
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.
An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Misspelling of preposition.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone). To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.
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