proposition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a task to be dealt with

   securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition

2. 2
   verb

   suggest sex to

   The escort was propositioned by a stranger at the party.

3. 3
   noun

   An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   A complete sentence.

   Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

   “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.

7. 7
   noun

   A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.

   the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

8. 8
   verb

   To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

   The Superintendent of the facility tried to proposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again.

Etymology

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.