## Meanings
1. To suggest a plan or course of action for people to consider.
2. To ask someone to marry you.
3. To put something forward formally for discussion or examination.
4. To intend or plan to do something.

## Examples
- The senator proposed a new law to cut taxes.
- He got down on one knee to propose to her.
- The president proposed a new plan for dealing with the crisis.
- He proposes to set up his own business next year.

## Derived Forms
- counterpropose
- prompose
- proposable
- proposal
- proposee
- proposement
- repropose
- unproposing

## Related Forms
- proponent
- proposition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: proposen
- Root: proposer
- Root: propono

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Propose comes 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. In present-day English it covers to suggest a plan or course of action for people to consider, to ask someone to marry you, and to put something forward formally for discussion or examination. The wider family includes derived forms such as counterpropose, prompose, proposable, proposal, proposee and related forms such as proponent, proposition.

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