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Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: Proposition (logic)Wikipedia proposition (countable and uncountable; plural propositions)
- (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
- (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
- (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
- (countable, logic) 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.
- (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
- (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
- (countable, mathematics) As a special case, textbooks often, and papers sometimes, label an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem, a proposition. Normally this is part of a numerical reference system (Proposition 3.2, Lemma 3.3, Theorem 3.4)
Synonyms
- (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
- (idea or plan offered): proposal, suggestion
- (terms offered): proposal
- (content of an assertion): statement
- (proposed statute or constitutional amendment):
Verb
to proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)
- (transitive) To propose a plan to (someone).
- (transitive) To propose some illicit behaviour to (someone). Often sexual in nature.
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Finnish
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proposition
- Genitive singular form of propositio.
French
French Wikipedia has an article on: PropositionEtymology
From Latin prōpositiō (“statement, proposition”), from prōpōnō (“propose”), from pōnō (“place; assume”).
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Audio (France) (file) - Homophones: propositions
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proposition f. (plural propositions)
Swedish
Swedish Wikipedia has an article on: PropositionNoun
proposition c.
- bill (draft of a law)
This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at bill. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see proposition in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009
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