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proposition.

The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/General-American, dialectal
  1. The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

    uncountable
  2. An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

    countable
  3. An idea, plan, or suggestion offered. A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

    countable · informal · uncountable
  4. The terms of a transaction offered.

    countable
  5. In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

    US · countable
  6. A complete sentence.

    countable · uncountable
  7. 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.

    countable
    “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
  8. An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

    countable
  9. An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

    countable
  10. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.

    countable · uncountable
    the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
  11. The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

    countable · poetic · uncountable
  12. Misspelling of preposition.

    alt-of · countable · misspelling · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/General-American, dialectal
  1. To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

    informal · transitive
  2. To make an offer or suggestion to (someone). To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

    informal · transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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