proposition
the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
a plan or scheme proposed.
an offer of terms for a transaction, as in business.
a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered: Keeping diplomatic channels open is a serious proposition.
anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Rhetoric. a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.
Logic. a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.
Mathematics. a formal statement of either a truth to be demonstrated or an operation to be performed; a theorem or a problem.
a proposal of usually illicit sexual relations.
to propose sexual relations to.
to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.
Origin of proposition
1synonym study For proposition
Other words from proposition
- prop·o·si·tion·al, adjective
- prop·o·si·tion·al·ly, adverb
- un·der·prop·o·si·tion, noun
Words that may be confused with proposition
- preposition, proposition
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British Dictionary definitions for proposition
/ (ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən) /
a proposal or topic presented for consideration
philosophy
the content of a sentence that affirms or denies something and is capable of being true or false
the meaning of such a sentence: I am warm always expresses the same proposition whoever the speaker is: Compare statement (def. 8)
maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof
informal a person or matter to be dealt with: he's a difficult proposition
an invitation to engage in sexual intercourse
(tr) to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse
Origin of proposition
1Derived forms of proposition
- propositional, adjective
- propositionally, adverb
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