Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
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ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən
Pronunciation notes
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Noun
The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
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An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
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The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned
An idea, plan, or suggestion offered. A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
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Quinn looked into the intersection. Tonya was standing in the middle of it, stance wide, taser in both hands, Quinn's rickshaw on the sidewalk behind her. "Ow," said Quinn, and it came out just shy of a proposition.
The terms of a transaction offered.
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In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
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In November, though, voters will be faced with proposition one. It's a citizen's initiative that will do two things. If passed, it would open up all primaries in Idaho, and it would create a new voting system known as ranked choice voting.
A complete sentence.
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Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
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; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and is connected by a copula.
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“Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
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An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
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A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
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the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
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There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
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- Poetic
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Verb
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
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The Superintendent of the facility tried to proposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again.
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone). To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
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Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers.
Noun
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
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it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
the act of making a proposal
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they listened to her proposal
a task to be dealt with
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securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition
Verb
suggest sex to
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She was propositioned by a stranger at the party