Proposition

[prɒpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or [,prɑpə'zɪʃən]

Definition

(noun.) a task to be dealt with; 'securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition'.

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

(noun.) an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors).

(verb.) suggest sex to; 'She was propositioned by a stranger at the party'.

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Definition

(n.) The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

(n.) That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.

(n.) A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.

(n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.

(n.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.

(n.) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

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

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Offer (of something to be considered), proffer, tender, overture, suggestion, PROPOSAL.[2]. Position, thesis, statement, declaration, dictum, doctrine.[3]. (Logic.) Period, complete sentence.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Statement, affirmation, declaration, sentence

ANT:Misstatement, interjection, babel, jargon, sound, riddle, paradox

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Definition

n. a placing before: offer of terms: that which is proposed: the act of stating anything: that which is stated: (gram. and logic) a complete sentence or one which affirms or denies something: (math.) a theorem or problem to be demonstrated or solved.—adj. Proposi′tional pertaining to or of the nature of a proposition: considered as a proposition.

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Examples

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