proposition
/หpษนษpษหzษชสษn/IPA: /P R AA0 P AH0 Z IH1 SH AH0 N/
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The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
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An idea or a plan offered.
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(business settings) 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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(grammar) A complete sentence.
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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 connected by a copula.
โโ'Wiktionary is a good dictionary' is a propositionโ is a proposition.โ
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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; creed.
โthe propositions of Wyclif and Hussโ
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The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
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To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
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To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
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