wikipedia|dab=proposition (disambiguation)|proposition
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Pronunciation
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Noun
wikipedia|proposition|proposition (logic)
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1. uncountable The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2. countable An idea or a plan offered.
3. countable (in business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
4. 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.
5. In some states of the US, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
6. In mathematics, a proposition is an assertion formulated in such a way that it may be proved true or false.

Synonyms
i-c|uncountable: act of offering an idea for consideration proposal, suggestion
i-c|idea or plan offered proposal, suggestion
i-c|in business terms proposal
i-c|in logic sentence
i-c|in the US: proposed statute or constitutional amendment

Translations

trans-top|uncountable: act of offering for consideration
Finnish: esitys, ehdotus
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trans-top|idea or plan offered
Finnish: esitys, ehdotus
French: proposition f
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Italian: proposizione f
Polish: propozycja f
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trans-top|terms of a transaction offered
Finnish: tarjous
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trans-top|in logic
Czech: výrok m
Dutch: propositie
Estonian: propositsioon
Finnish: propositio
French: proposition f
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German: Satz m
Italian: proposizione f
Japanese: ��
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trans-top|in the US: proposed statute or constitutional amendment
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
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1. To propose a plan to.
2. To propose some illicit behaviour to, often sexual in nature

Related terms
propose
propositional

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