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propostion

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from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.

Aus mengl proposicioun, aus afrz. proposicion, aus lat. prōpositiō, aus dem Verb prōpōnō.

Noun

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proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)

  1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
  2. (countable) An idea or a plan offered. [ quotations ▼]
  3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
  4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
  5. (grammar) A complete sentence. [ quotations ▼]
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    (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; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
    “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
  7. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
  8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
  9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed. [ quotations ▼]
    the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
  10. (poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
  11. Misspelling of preposition.

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