proposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: of Canada
enpr: prŏ'pə-zĭshʹən
ipa: /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
note: of Canada
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: propositions
Etymology: From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.
Senses: glosses: The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
examples: text: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: 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
ref: 2012, Taylor Swift, “Girl at Home”, in Red, performed by Taylor Swift:
glosses: An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
examples: text: Quinn looked into the intersection. Tonya was standing in the middle of it, stance wide, taser in both hands, Quinn's rickshaw on the sidewalk behind her.
"Ow," said Quinn, and it came out just shy of a proposition.
ref: 2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2024:
glosses: An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
A suggestion of sexual intercourse (made to someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
qualifier: business settings
glosses: The terms of a transaction offered.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2024 October 15, Samantha Wright, “Idaho Elections: How Prop 1 might change our voting system”, in Boise State Public Radio:
topics: government
politics
glosses: In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
examples: text: Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
ref: c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., page 98:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A complete sentence.
examples: text: “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: 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.
topics: human-sciences
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
examples: text: the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
text: There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.
ref: 1668, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […]: Sermon XXI. [Of Christian Prudence.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume VI, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 113:
glosses: A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
glosses: The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
glosses: Misspelling of preposition.
Synonyms: sense: act of offering an idea for consideration
word: proposal
sense: act of offering an idea for consideration
word: suggestion
sense: idea or plan offered
word: proposal
sense: idea or plan offered
word: suggestion
sense: terms offered
word: proposal
sense: content of an assertion
word: statement
Derived terms: categorical proposition
discretive proposition
metaproposition
propositional
proposition bet
proposition nation
proposition player
Pythagorean proposition
value proposition
value proposition canvas