proposition

/หŒpษนษ‘pษ™หˆzษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /P R AA0 P AH0 Z IH1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

  2. 2

    An idea or a plan offered.

  3. 3

    (business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

  4. 4

    In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

  5. 5

    (grammar) A complete sentence.

  6. 6

    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.

    โ€œโ€œ'Wiktionary is a good dictionary' is a propositionโ€ is a proposition.โ€

  7. 7

    An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

  8. 8

    An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

  9. 9

    A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

    โ€œthe propositions of Wyclif and Hussโ€

  10. 10

    The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

verb
  1. 1

    To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

  2. 2

    To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proposition