Meaning

11 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

    Angebot

    предложе́ниеpredložénije, утвержде́ниеutverždénije

    пропози́ціяpropozýcija

    the act of making a proposal

  2. (countable)An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

  3. An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

    (countable, informal, uncountable)A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

  4. (countable)The terms of a transaction offered.

    a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

  5. (US, countable)In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

    проектprojekt

  6. (countable, uncountable)A complete sentence.

  7. (countable)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 is connected by a copula.

    “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.

  8. (countable)An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

    Aussage, Proposition

    заявле́ниеzajavlénije

    (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

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

    Proposition

    утвержде́ниеutverždénije

  10. (countable, uncountable)A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.

    the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

  11. (countable, poetic, uncountable)The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

Examples

53 sentences
  1. I have a proposition for you.

    У мене є до тебе пропозиція.

    ruУ меня к тебе есть предложение.

    deIch habe ein Angebot für Sie.

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  2. I've got a proposition for you.

    У мене є для тебе пропозиція.

    deIch mache Ihnen ein Angebot.

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  3. I have a proposition, Tom.

    У мене є пропозиція, Томе.

    ruУ меня есть предложение, Том.

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  4. I like your proposition.

    Мені подобається твоя пропозиція.

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  5. I'm in favor of the proposition.

    ruЯ за это предложение.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
idea or plan offered:
Русский
By meaning 4
idea or plan offered:
uncountable: act of offering for consideration:
in the US: proposed statute or constitutional amendment:
math: assertion which can be considered true or false:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
idea or plan offered:
uncountable: act of offering for consideration:
math: assertion which can be considered true or false:

Origin

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from

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

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Forms

plural: propositions
Singularproposition
Pluralpropositions

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
act of offering an idea for consideration:proposalB1suggestionA1
content of an assertion:statementA2
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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