proposal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Etymology tree
English propose
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English proposal
From propose + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: proposals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
pos: noun
examples: proposals for the construction of a new building
gloss: Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
pos: noun
examples: to make proposals for a treaty of peace
"That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.
gloss: Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
pos: noun
examples: December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game
Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...
gloss: Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
pos: noun
examples: October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry
Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.
You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary run of conversation. It wants leading up to.
‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal of marriage, my dear.’ To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:
gloss: Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
pos: noun
Related words: proposition
Derived words: contraproposal
counterproposal
modest proposal
nonproposal
postproposal
preproposal
promposal
proposalist
reproposal
request for proposal
subproposal
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: а́дгалара
roman: ádgalara
lang: Albanian
word: propozim
lang: Arabic
word: مُقْتَرَح
roman: muqtaraḥ
lang: Arabic
word: اِقْتِرَاح
roman: iqtirāḥ
lang: Armenian
word: առաջարկություն
roman: aṙaǰarkutʻyun
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təklif
lang: Belarusian
word: прапано́ва
roman: prapanóva
lang: Belarusian
word: прапазі́цыя
roman: prapazícyja
lang: Belarusian
word: прапазы́цыя
roman: prapazýcyja
lang: Bengali
word: প্রস্তাব
roman: prostab
lang: Breton
word: kinnig
lang: Bulgarian
word: предложе́ние
roman: predložénie
lang: Catalan
word: proposta
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 提議 /提议
roman: tíyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 建議 /建议
roman: jiànyì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 提案
roman: tí'àn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 求婚
roman: qiúhūn
lang: Czech
word: návrh
lang: Danish
word: forslag
lang: Dutch
word: voorstel
lang: Esperanto
word: propono
lang: Estonian
word: ettepanek
lang: Finnish
word: ehdotus
lang: Finnish
word: esitys
lang: Finnish
word: kosinta
lang: French
word: proposition
lang: Georgian
word: წინადადება
roman: c̣inadadeba
lang: German
word: Vorschlag
lang: Greek
word: πρόταση
roman: prótasi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: πρότασις
roman: prótasis
lang: Hebrew
word: הַצָּעָה
roman: hatsa'á
lang: Hindi
word: प्रस्ताव
roman: prastāv
lang: Hungarian
word: javaslat
lang: Indonesian
word: proposal
lang: Indonesian
word: lamaran
lang: Indonesian
word: usul
lang: Indonesian
word: usulan
lang: Italian
word: proposta
lang: Japanese
word: 提案
roman: teian
lang: Japanese
word: 求婚
roman: kyūkon
lang: Japanese
word: プロポーズ
roman: puropōzu
lang: Kashubian
word: bédowanié
lang: Kazakh
word: ұсыныс
roman: ūsynys
lang: Korean
word: 제안
roman: jean
lang: Korean
word: 구혼
roman: guhon
lang: Korean
word: 프러포즈
roman: peureopojeu
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پێشنیار
roman: pêşnyar
lang: Central Kurdish
word: پێشنیاز
roman: pêşnyaz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: teklîf
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pêşniyar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: pêşniyaz
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сунуш
roman: sunuş
lang: Latvian
word: priekšlikums
lang: Lithuanian
word: pasiūlymas
lang: Macedonian
word: предлог
roman: predlog
lang: Macedonian
word: понуда
roman: ponuda
lang: Māori
word: marohitanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: forslag
lang: Pashto
word: پېشنهاد
roman: pešnehād
lang: Pashto
word: وړانديز
roman: wṛāndiz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: پیشْنِهاد
roman: pišnehâd
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Väaschlach
lang: Polish
word: propozycja
lang: Polish
word: oferta
lang: Portuguese
word: proposta
lang: Romanian
word: propunere
lang: Russian
word: предложе́ние
roman: predložénije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пре́длог
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: прије́длог
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: по̏нуда
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prédlog
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prijédlog
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pȍnuda
lang: Slovak
word: návrh
lang: Slovene
word: predlog
lang: Spanish
word: propuesta
lang: Swahili
word: pendekezo
lang: Swedish
word: förslag
lang: Tagalog
word: panukala
lang: Tajik
word: пешниҳод
roman: pešnihod
lang: Tajik
word: таклиф
roman: taklif
lang: Tatar
word: тәкъдим
roman: täqdim
lang: Thai
word: ข้อเสนอ
roman: kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə
lang: Turkish
word: teklif
lang: Turkish
word: öneri
lang: Turkmen
word: teklip
lang: Ukrainian
word: пропози́ція
roman: propozýcija
lang: Urdu
word: تَجْوِیز
roman: tajvīz
lang: Urdu
word: پیشْکَش
roman: peśkaś
lang: Urdu
word: پْرَسْتاؤ
roman: prastāo
lang: Uyghur
word: تەكلىپ
roman: teklip
lang: Uzbek
word: taklif
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאָרשלאָג
roman: forshlog