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proposition Noun

— A proposition is a statement or a suggestion. The boss's proposition that everybody work for free on Sundays made his workers very unhappy. — A proposition is an offer. I have a proposition for you: if you work on Monday for me, I will work the next two Saturdays for you.

proposition

— noun (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false — noun (= suggestion) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse — verb suggest sex to She was propositioned by a stranger at the party — noun an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors) — noun a task to be dealt with securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition — noun (= proposal) the act of making a proposal they listened to her proposal

Synonyms proposition synonyms

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proposition English » English

proposal suggestion offer theorem statement motion thesis report claim assertion argument premise overture bid topic tender show request rendition rendering question pronouncement project proffer presentation notice intro averment write down view verbalization utterance undertaking theme theatrical production suggest submission subject matter subject story stand staging solicit slogan sign sentence second screening scheme resolution

Topics proposition topics

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Conjugation proposition conjugation

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proposition · verb

Examples proposition examples

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Simple sentences

This isn't an unappealing proposition, is it?
The result now follows from proposition 1.3.
I've got a proposition for you.
The committee voted against the proposition.
My friend came to me with a business proposition.
I am in favor of the proposition.
He was in favor of the proposition.
Their proposition is contrary to ours.
It's a risky proposition.
That's what I call a self-evident proposition, as the dog's-meat man said, when the housemaid told him he warn't a gentleman.
I have a business proposition for you.
I have a proposition for you.
I have a proposition, Tom.
It's an indecent proposition.

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I accepted this proposition.
That's an entirely different proposition and I can't.
It's a tough proposition, girl, this pioneer life in the savage wilderness.
Well I am going to make you a little proposition. And that's where the thousand dollars comes in.
That's my proposition.
I Have A Proposition You Might Be Interested In.
I placed the bet like you told me. he made me a proposition to join them outfit.
I'd like to lay a proposition before you.
Because we got a proposition to make.
I'm always open to an honest proposition, Mr. Thornton.
My dear man, you call that a business proposition?
I'll make you another proposition.
We make you a proposition.
But the rest of your proposition. giving yourselves up, that rather appeals to me.
It's a tough proposition, girl, this pioneer life in a savage wilderness.
I've got a proposition.
This is a proposition.
That's the proposition, drawn yesterday.
We're discussing a business proposition.
But since you are my father-in-law's favourite student, I have a proposition for you.
That's the most nauseating proposition I ever had.
Let's get together. I'm open to any kind of proposition.
Well, come on. What's the proposition?
I have submitted to him a business proposition of such magnitude that the mention of 60,000 francs makes me laugh.
What do you think about my proposition?
Since I did not have the necessary capital, she proposed to sell her jewels for cash. I accepted this proposition.
What's your proposition?
That's my proposition, Jim.
Are you going to accept McDowell's proposition?
I made you a fair proposition.
That's your idea of a fair proposition.
Just as I was leaving the cemetery, Ed Sipple made me a proposition.
Listen, boys, I've got a little proposition to make.
We don't know or like each other, but this is strictly a business proposition.
That proposition I made the other day - have you given it any thought?

News and current affairs

In today's Germany, an overwhelming majority subscribes to the proposition that 8 May 1945 was a day of liberation - not only for Europe, but also for Germany itself.
On the left side of the German political spectrum, the proposition that 8 May 1945 was a day of liberation remains unchallenged.
This proposition overturned the previous Keynesian orthodoxy that macroeconomic policy should aim at full employment, with the control of inflation left to wage policy.
Small member states do not like either proposition, because they would lose Commissioners and votes.
Now in its eighth year, the almost obscene economic growth in the United States could be used to illustrate the inverse proposition.
A variety of studies confirming this proposition, including one by the IMF's chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, have withstood considerable scrutiny and leave little room for ambiguity.
In this context, a new wealth tax could be a dangerous proposition for the PD.
One error is to reject a true proposition; the other is to accept a false one.
Instead I received a short dissertation from one of the female students on how older married women often proposition her in nightclubs.
But, if the eurozone is to be a sensible long-term proposition, mere survival is not enough.
Historically, the US has exercised enormous leadership in a world committed to the proposition that no state should dictate collective decisions.
Ferguson, too, can make a sound argument for such a proposition.
But this proposition may be dangerously misleading.
Natural selection as a theory becomes a proposition in play, needing much more work.
This proposition has been tested several times in the US, where tax cuts were invariably followed by higher deficits.
That is a surprising proposition, given that commodity bonds have an obvious latent market, rooted in real economic fundamentals.
Moreover, even if the political will to launch third-arrow structural reforms were suddenly to strengthen - a dubious proposition - any productivity payback would most likely take a long time to materialize.
These days, the more pervasive competitive threat comes from companies in other domains that can erode the customer value proposition after the car is sold.
After all, you don't hear Canada's foreign minister denying tension on his country's American frontier, because the truth of that proposition is self-evident.
Or do you begin to consider more seriously the increasingly mainstream proposition that global megabanks and their leaders have simply become too powerful and dangerous?

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