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proposition

  • noun
  • prop·o·si·tion
  • prŏ'pə-zĭshʹən

The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

Other meanings

  1. An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

  2. The terms of a transaction offered.

Related words

  • counterproposition
  • proplet
  • propositionize
  • propositionless
  • pseudoproposition
  • subproposition
  • categorical proposition
  • discretive proposition
  • metaproposition
  • proposition bet
  • proposition nation
  • proposition player

Word history

From Old French "proposicion".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “proposition” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.