proposition

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃ^ən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prop′ə zish′ən)

prop•o•si•tion /ˌprɑpəˈzɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

the act of proposing.
a plan or scheme proposed;
anything stated for discussion.
an offer of terms, as for a business deal.
a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered:Climbing that mountain is a tough proposition.
a proposal, hint, or suggestion to have sexual relations.

v. [~ + object]

to propose having sexual relations with.

See -pos-.

prop•o•si•tion (prop′ə zish′ən),USA pronunciation n.

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.
Rhetorica statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.
Philosophy[Logic.]a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.
Mathematicsa 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.

v.t.

to propose sexual relations to.
to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.

Latin prōpositiōn- (stem of prōpositiō) a setting forth. See propositus, -ion
Middle English proposicio(u)n 1300–50

prop′o•si′tion•al, adj.
prop′o•si′tion•al•ly, adv.

proposal.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

proposition /ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən/ n

a proposal or topic presented for consideration
- 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
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

(transitive) to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse

Etymology: 14th Century proposicioun, from Latin prōpositiō a setting forth; see proposeˌpropoˈsitional adj

'proposition' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

A - affirmative - analytic - argument - attribute - axiom - belief - complete - conditional - contingent - contradict - contraposition - contravene - converse - conversion - convert - corollary - datum - denial - dilemma - disjunctive - distribute - E - election - empirical - entailment - existential - fact - hysteron proteron - induce - induction - lemma - many-valued logic - maxim - minor - necessary - negative - O - obverse - obvert - package - paradox - particular - position - predicate - premise - problematic - proof - quality - adversative

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Synonyms: proposal, offer, suggestion, idea, bright idea, more...

Collocations: have a proposition for you, [listen to, hear] the proposition, agree to the proposition, more...

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