Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who argues in support of something; an advocate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Making proposals; proposing.
- n. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
- n. In law, one who propounds a will for probate.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Making proposals; proposing.
- n. One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
- n. (Law) The propounder of a thing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Etymologies
- Latin prōpōnēns, prōpōnent-, present participle of prōpōnere, to set forth; see propose. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Even intelligent design's main proponent, Michael Behe, was forced to testify under oath at the 2005 Dover "intelligent design" trial that its scientific underpinnings were nonexistent.”
“The measure's chief proponent is William Gates - not that Bill Gates, but the Microsoft founder's dad.”
“State Sen. Eric Oemig (D-45), the main proponent for ending the exemption, was unavailable for a comment (he was at a mediation retreat according to his staff.) « Previous post”
“Duncan Smith, a long-term proponent of the benefits of marriage to prevent social problems, pressed the case in February for promoting marriage to ward off family breakdown when he cited research indicating that as many as 90% of young people aspire to marry, but suggesting that some hold back for financial reasons.”
The Guardian: Iain Duncan Smith thinktank laments Tory compromises over family policies
“It matters not whether the proponent is civil or sincere or rational.”
“She became known as a proponent of the movement for a Yiddish theater of higher artistic quality than was common at the time.”
““The clearest way to find out if an anti-immigration proponent is really just a racist/xenophobe/moron is to see if they want to stop immigration by immediate relatives (spouses and minor children of US citizens) and refugees.””
“The clearest way to find out if an anti-immigration proponent is really just a racist/xenophobe/moron is to see if they want to stop immigration by immediate relatives (spouses and minor children of US citizens) and refugees.”
“One B2B proponent is Miami-based Asista. com, which also has offices in Monterrey, Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Sao Paolo (Brazil).”
“Whatever it is, it isn't clear that any ID proponent is pursuing it, and it's not like they're being forbidden to do so.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘proponent’.
-
GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
-
PHIL - vocabulary of thinking
Athenian, Socratic, philosopher, dialogue, philosophy, philosophical, politic, stubborn, bright, smart, thoughtful, extrapolate and 243 more...
-
Muse's tacet ,to learn
Music brings silence's to raging thoughts and temperament , calm, as it is our object of definite purpose.
tacet, cadence, tempo, treble clef, penultimate, lexicon, origin, orchestra, kantele, magus, eros, coalesce and 248 more...
-
Unknown
coalition, cabinet, tweet, defuse, steep, ancestral, mindset, breach, infraction, egregious, curb, backbite and 282 more...
-
Words starting with PRO
I've noticed many, many words start with PRO and this is just a collection of them.
professional, pronunciation, Prolagus, probable, prog, proximity, profit, procrastincate, prom, pronoun, promise, proactive and 206 more...
-
EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
-
Words build meanings from origins( et...
These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2046 more...
-
Philosophic , etymology
every major discipline has uniquely developed esoteric nomenclature to facilitate interdisciplinary dissemination
quale , qualia, elegy, tacet, lexicon, annunciate, caste, eros, contrive, purlicue, irony, venacular, dilapidate and 567 more...
-
nytimes
rigor, endemic, nonchalance, aspire, illusion, doozie, Herculean, cacophony, rectify, chip in, proponent, vanguard and 16 more...
-
Assist
abet, advocate, ancillary, bolster, corroborate, countenance, espouse, munificent, mainstay, proponent, stalwart, sustenance
-
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
-
slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
-
Favorite Words II
antipode, subsumed, maladroit, quidnunc, tonsorial, savvy, vignette, retrograde, flummoxed, ne plus ultra, icosahedron, plethora and 138 more...
-
From Book - SAT & College Dictionary ...
ebb, exotic, immure, abeyance, panegyric, debonair, protege, dissipate, frantic, penitent, abject, edify and 871 more...
-
GRE
predisposed, browbeaten, hegemonic, corollary, mendacity, remnant, futile, touchstone, upshot, intuition, perseverance, perk and 214 more...
-
@vcb.etym.prjct - SAT PT #5 (new bk)
inane, scrutinze, attended, testify to, jeopardize, sustain, plentiful, ornate, multifarious, catalogue, anachronistic, extrapolate and 89 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for proponent.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.