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prop·o·si·tion       (prŏp'ə-zĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal.
  2. A matter to be dealt with; a task: Finding affordable housing can be a difficult proposition.
  3. An offer of a private bargain, especially a request for sexual relations.
  4. A subject for discussion or analysis.
  5. Logic
    1. A statement that affirms or denies something.
    2. The meaning expressed in such a statement, as opposed to the way it is expressed.
  6. Mathematics A theorem.

tr.v.   prop·o·si·tioned, prop·o·si·tion·ing, prop·o·si·tions
To propose a private bargain to, especially to propose sexual relations with.


[Middle English proposicion, from Old French proposition, from Latin prōpositiō, prōpositiōn-, setting out in words, from prōpositus, past participle of prōpōnere, to set forth; see propose.]

prop'o·si'tion·al adj., prop'o·si'tion·al·ly adv.
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