proposition
Other forms: propositions; propositioned; propositioning
A proposition is a proposed plan of action, a detailed suggestion. You might consider your friend's suggestion to set up a neighborhood snow-shoveling business after the blizzard a winning proposition.
The noun proposition means something presented for consideration. In some contexts, that something being offered is sexual. Therefore, don't use the term proposition loosely. If you say that you made a proposition to your teacher, people could misinterpret you. It's safer to stick with suggestion.
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a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
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proffer, suggestion
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breath, hint, intimation
an indirect suggestion
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ghost, touch, trace
a suggestion of some quality
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advance, approach, feeler, overture
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
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tang
a suggestion of some quality
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proposal
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
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the act of making a proposal
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proposal
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presentation
the act of presenting a proposal
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first reading
the first presentation of a bill in a legislature
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second reading
the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee's report and take a vote (US)
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speech act
the use of language to perform some act
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presentation
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a suggested law or policy that citizens can vote for or against
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proposal
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
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proposal
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an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
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a task to be dealt with“securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition”
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labor, project, task, undertaking
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
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labor, project, task, undertaking
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suggest sex to
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(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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particular, particular proposition
(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
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universal, universal proposition
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
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negation
(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
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converse
a proposition obtained by conversion
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lemma
a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
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theorem
a proposition deducible from basic postulates
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conclusion, ratiocination
the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
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posit, postulate
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
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axiom
(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
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Bayes' postulate
(statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
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Euclid's axiom, Euclid's postulate, Euclidean axiom
(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry
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binomial theorem
a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power
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assumption, premise, premiss
a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
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statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
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