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proposition

noun
/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from proposicion
  2. inherited from proposicioun

Definitions

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

  2. An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

    • And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned

  3. The terms of a transaction offered.

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    1. In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the…

      In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

      • In November, though, voters will be faced with proposition one. It's a citizen's initiative that will do two things. If passed, it would open up all primaries in Idaho, and it would create a new voting system known as ranked choice voting.

    2. A complete sentence.

      • Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

    3. The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered…

      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.

    4. An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

    5. An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

    6. A statement of religious doctrine

      A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.

      • the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
      • There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.

    7. The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

    8. Misspelling of preposition.

    9. To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

      • 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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Derived

categorical proposition, counterproposition, discretive proposition, metaproposition, proplet, propositional, proposition bet, propositionize, propositionless, proposition nation, proposition player, pseudoproposition, Pythagorean proposition, subproposition, value proposition, value proposition canvas

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at proposition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at proposition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at proposition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA