Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who supports something; an advocate.

    Befürworter, Fürsprecher

    пропонентproponent, защи́тникzaščítnik

    прихи́льникpryxýlʹnyk, прихи́льницяpryxýlʹnycja

  2. One who makes a proposal or proposition.

  3. One who propounds a will for probate.

    a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom is a proponent of green consumerism.

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  2. The new method has already found proponents in many countries.

    deDie neue Methode hat schon in vielen Ländern Anhänger gefunden.

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  3. James was unusual for a proponent of the old ways.

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  4. A proponent of passivism, he tended to let events unfold as fate willed.

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  5. Proponents of increased import duties are at odds with each other.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who supports something:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who supports something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who supports something:

Origin

From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).

From Latin prōpōnēns, present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forward; propose”).

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Forms

plural: proponents
Singularproponent
Pluralproponents

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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