proposition
the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
a plan or scheme proposed.
an offer of terms for a transaction, as in business.
a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered: Keeping diplomatic channels open is a serious proposition.
anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Rhetoric. a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.
Logic. a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.
Mathematics. a formal statement of either a truth to be demonstrated or an operation to be performed; a theorem or a problem.
a proposal of usually illicit sexual relations.
to propose sexual relations to.
to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.
Origin of proposition
1synonym study For proposition
Other words from proposition
- prop·o·si·tion·al, adjective
- prop·o·si·tion·al·ly, adverb
- un·der·prop·o·si·tion, noun
Words that may be confused with proposition
- preposition, proposition
Words Nearby proposition
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How to use proposition in a sentence
How tech does these things is often arcane, but what it does – the outcome – should be easy to explain, especially as a business or investment proposition.
E-commerce, at least for now, has helped the company deliver on that proposition.
How Hearst UK’s e-commerce revenue grew 322% during the second quarter | Lucinda Southern | August 21, 2020 | DigidayMicrosoft still owns Bing’s search engine, Xbox’s gaming console and even MSN’s online portal, but it has become more of a business-facing tech company than a consumer proposition.
Landing pages need to communicate this proposition in a succinct way sufficiently.
Studying the anatomy of a successful high-conversion landing page | Yasmine Dehimi | June 22, 2020 | Search Engine WatchAs a business, your unique selling proposition is what sets you and your competitor’s miles apart.
Studying the anatomy of a successful high-conversion landing page | Yasmine Dehimi | June 22, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
However, welcoming refugees is an expensive and potentially risky proposition for European countries.
Pope Bids Refugees to EU ‘Bienvenido’; Europe Says ‘Non’ | Candida Moss | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt stands for the proposition that the biological basis of procreation should also be the sole organizing principle of society.
An HIV scare, Rand Paul talking points, and a (maybe) proposition.
My Bizarre Night With James Deen, Libertarian Porn Star | Emily Shire | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lack of love likely stems from DeMaio's silence on proposition 8.
No Shaking Sexual Harassment Allegations for Gay GOP House Hopeful | Olivia Nuzzi | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, turning all doctors into employees is quite a dangerous proposition.
Now the trouble with the main proposition just quoted is that each side of the equation is used as the measure of the other.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockI will not, therefore, say that the proposition that the value of everything equals the cost of production is false.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIf one could languish through life in the shell of a mere beauty that life would be a good deal simpler proposition than it is.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonBut in reality this paradox of value is the most fundamental proposition in economic science.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockWhen Michael got thus far in his proposition, it was not very difficult to work it to the end.
British Dictionary definitions for proposition
/ (ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃən) /
a proposal or topic presented for consideration
philosophy
the content of a sentence that affirms or denies something and is capable of being true or false
the meaning of such a sentence: I am warm always expresses the same proposition whoever the speaker is: Compare statement (def. 8)
maths a statement or theorem, usually containing its proof
informal a person or matter to be dealt with: he's a difficult proposition
an invitation to engage in sexual intercourse
(tr) to propose a plan, deal, etc, to, esp to engage in sexual intercourse
Origin of proposition
1Derived forms of proposition
- propositional, adjective
- propositionally, adverb
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