proposition
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French, from Latin prōpŏsĭtĭo (“a proposing, design, theme, case”)
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Audio (US) (file) - (prah-poe-zih-shin)
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia 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)
[edit] Synonyms
- (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):
[edit] Translations
uncountable: act of offering for consideration
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
an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
[edit] Verb
proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)
- (transitive) To propose a plan to (someone).
- (transitive) To propose some illicit behaviour to (someone). Often sexual in nature.
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[edit] Noun
proposition
- Genitive singular form of propositio.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin prōpositiō (“statement, proposition”), from prōpōnō (“propose”), from pōnō (“place; assume”).
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Audio (France) (file) - Homophone: propositions
[edit] Noun
proposition f. (plural propositions)
[edit] Swedish
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proposition c.
- a proposition, a government bill[1] (draft of a law, proposed by the government)
[edit] Declension
Declension of proposition
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | proposition | propositionen | propositioner | propositionerna |
| genitive | propositions | propositionens | propositioners | propositionernas |
[edit] Usage notes
- bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion
[edit] Related terms
- budgetproposition
- försvarsproposition
- kompletteringsproposition
- kulturproposition
- propositionell
- statsverksproposition
[edit] References
- ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
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