English Dictionary

proposition

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

noun

(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.

The proposition was presented to the committee for approval.

意味（1）

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

意味（2）

(countable) An idea or a plan 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.

意味（3）

(countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

意味（4）

(countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

意味（5）

(grammar) A complete sentence.

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

意味（6）

(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” is a proposition.

意味（7）

(countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

意味（8）

(countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

意味（9）

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

the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

意味（10）

(poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

意味（11）

Misspelling of preposition.