proposition

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: präp'ə-zĭshʹən IPA(key): /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: prop‧o‧si‧tion

Noun

proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)

  1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
  2. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
  3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
  4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
  5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
    • c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., page 98:
      Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
  6. English Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia
    (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; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
    “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
  7. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
  8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
  9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
    the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
    • 1668, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, : Sermon XXI. Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. , volume VI, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. ; and Richard Priestley, , published 1822, →OCLC, page 113:
      There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.
  10. (poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
  11. Misspelling of preposition.

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Verb

proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)

  1. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
    Synonyms: pass, come on, hit on
  2. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
    • 1984 April 7, anonymous author, “Isolate and Conquer”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
      The Superintendent of the facility tried to proposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again.

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Finnish

Noun

proposition

  1. genitive singular of propositio

French

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Etymology

From Latin prōpositiōnem (“statement, proposition”), from prōpōnō (“propose”), from pōnō (“place; assume”).

Pronunciation

Noun

proposition f (plural propositions)

  1. proposition, suggestion
  2. (grammar) proposition
  3. (grammar) clause

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

proposition

  1. Alternative form of proposicioun

Norman

Etymology

From Latin prōpositiō, prōpositiōnem.

Noun

proposition f (plural propositions)

  1. (Jersey) proposition
  2. (Jersey, grammar) clause

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Swedish

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Noun

proposition c

  1. a proposition, a government bill (draft of a law, proposed by the government)

Usage notes

  • bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion

Declension

Declension of proposition 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative proposition propositionen propositioner propositionerna
Genitive propositions propositionens propositioners propositionernas

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References

  1. ^ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden
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