proposition
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proposition (countable and uncountable; plural propositions)
- (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
- (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
- (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
- (countable, logic) 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.
- (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
- (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
- (countable, mathematics) As a special case, textbooks often, and papers sometimes, label an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem, a proposition. Normally this is part of a numerical reference system (Proposition 3.2, Lemma 3.3, Theorem 3.4)
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- (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
- (idea or plan offered): proposal, suggestion
- (terms offered): proposal
- (content of an assertion): statement
- (proposed statute or constitutional amendment):
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idea or plan offered
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terms of a transaction offered
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in logic
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in the US: proposed statute or constitutional amendment
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to proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)
- (transitive) To propose a plan to.
- (transitive) To propose some illicit behaviour to, often sexual in nature
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proposition
- Genitive singular form of propositio.
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin prōpositiō (“‘statement, proposition’”), from prōpōnō (“‘propose’”), from pōnō (“‘place; assume’”).
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- Audio (France)help, file
- Homophones: propositions
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proposition f. (plural propositions)

