# propose
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb) , propos (noun), from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹəˈpəʊz/
* (General American) IPA: /pɹəˈpoʊz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊz

### Verb

propose (third-person singular simple present proposes, present participle proposing, simple past and past participle proposed)
* (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
    Synonyms: put forth, suggest, (rare) forthput
    I propose going to see a film.
    to propose an alliance
    to propose a question for discussion
** 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    President Moon Jae-in proposed the plan this week during a meeting with government officials, his spokesman said.
       Audio (US):(file)
* (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
    He proposed to her last night and she accepted him.
* (transitive) To intend.
    He proposes to set up his own business.
** 1859, John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England, Preface (Google preview):I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.
** 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:Many of the proposed dams would be among the tallest in the world.
* (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
** 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour; There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice Proposing with the prince and Claudio
* (obsolete) To set forth.
** [1611?], Homer, “Book XI”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:[…] so weighty was the cup, That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.The spelling has been modernized.

#### Usage notes

* In use 1, this is sometimes a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
* In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
* For more information, see Appendix:English catenative verbs
* Compared to to suggest, to propose is more deliberate and definite. To suggest is merely to mention, while to propose is to have a definite plan and intention.

#### Derived terms

* proposal
* propose marriage
* proposement

#### Related terms

* proponent
* proposition

#### Translations
### Noun

propose (plural proposes)
* (obsolete) An objective or aim.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose.

### Anagrams

* opposer, poopers

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

propose
* inflection of proposer:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* opposer

## Italian
### Verb

propose
* third-person past historic of proporre

### Anagrams

* propeso