propound

English

Etymology

From the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin prōpōnere (“to put forward”), from prō- (“before”) + pōnere (“to put”). Doublet of propose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prəˈpaʊnd/

Verb

propound (third-person singular simple present propounds, present participle propounding, simple past and past participle propounded)

1. (transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

   Synonyms: put forward, advance, offer, propose

   Coordinate terms: exhort, profess

   • 2005, Plato, Lesley Brown (translator), Sophist, 243b:

     Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind.

   • 2019 May 4, Theodore Kuper, “Whiteshift: Identity Politics in an Era of Demographic Change”, in National Review‎^[1]:

     Summarizing the history of the immigration debates in the U.S., Kaufmann sees in Bourne and his followers many of the same arguments advanced today by proponents of liberal immigration laws, who, he says, encourage racial minorities to celebrate their culture while propounding anti-racist norms that discourage whites from doing the same.

Related terms

• proponent
• propose

Translations

to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate

• Finnish: esittää (fi), ehdottaa (fi)
• French: proposer (fr)
• German: vorlegen (de), vorschlagen (de)
• Norwegian: framlegge, framsette
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• Portuguese: propor (pt)
• Spanish: proponer (es)
• Swedish: lägga fram (sv)