Sekirov Dictionary

proposition

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

noun 11
verb 2
forms 3

noun11

The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
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An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
- 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 — 2012
The terms of a transaction offered.
(US) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
(informal) A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
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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.
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A complete sentence.
- Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition. — 1888
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A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
- There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return. — 1668
(literary) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

verb2

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(informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
- 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. — 1984
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(informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
- Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers. — 2023

forms

propositioned · propositioning · propositions

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