Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put forward for consideration, discussion, or adoption; suggest.
- intransitive verb To recommend (a person) for a position, office, or membership; nominate.
- intransitive verb To offer (a toast to be drunk).
- intransitive verb To make known as one's intention; purpose or intend.
- intransitive verb To form or make a proposal, especially of marriage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Talk; discourse.
- In systematic biol., to use (a new name) without complying with the technical requirements of publication. See
publication , 5. - In solo whist, to offer to take eight tricks with the assistance of a partner.
- To put forward or offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, admission, or adoption: as, to
propose a bill or resolution to a legislative body; to propose a question or subject for discussion; to propose one as a member of a club. - To place before as something to be done, attained, or striven after; form or declare as an intention or design.
- To set or place forth; place out; state.
- To place one's self before; face; confront.
- To speak; utter; discourse.
- Synonyms To propound, present, suggest, recommend, move, enounce.
- To intend, mean, design.
- To form or declare an intention or design.
- To offer; specifically, to make an offer of marriage.
- To converse; discourse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To speak; to converse.
- intransitive verb To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design.
- intransitive verb To offer one's self in marriage.
- transitive verb obsolete To set forth.
- transitive verb To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption
- transitive verb To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.
- transitive verb to intend; to design.
- noun obsolete Talk; discourse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
suggest a plan or course of action. - verb intransitive To ask for a person's hand in
marriage . - verb transitive To
intend . - verb obsolete To talk.
- noun obsolete An
objective oraim .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb propose or intend
- verb present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
- verb ask (someone) to marry you
- verb put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
- verb make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When my father had got to this point, my mother ventured to ask whether I had ever gone so far as to propose, actually to _propose_, for Miss
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If you have a business proposal to make to a Japanese woman, there's a slight chance she'll start blushing on you, since the English word "propose" is only used for marriage proposals in Japan, not for other kinds of formal business suggestions.
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Like it or not Republicans ruled the country during 8 years and they left disastrous consequences, President Obama has 1 1/2 years in office and every legislation He propose is gonna be block by Republicans.
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As and educator teaching reading and phonics to young children for ten years, I am not convinced that teaching the way you propose is the best way to teach phonics.
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An additional risk in doing what you propose is that you could run out of money to pay for her care home.
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The alternative they propose is living in "right relationship," which means radically changing both our individual behavior and social structures so that our way of life honors all of God's creation.
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How did Kevin propose to the former hairstylist, 22, whom he met upon the trip to The Bahamas in 2007?
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The alternative they propose is living in "right relationship," which means radically changing both our individual behavior and social structures so that our way of life honors all of God's creation.
Eileen Flanagan: Quakers Advocate Living in 'Right Relationship' with Creation
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How did Kevin propose to the former hairstylist, 22, whom he met upon the trip to The Bahamas in 2007?
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The alternative they propose is living in "right relationship," which means radically changing both our individual behavior and social structures so that our way of life honors all of God's creation.
Eileen Flanagan: Quakers Advocate Living in 'Right Relationship' with Creation
jeen0809 commented on the word propose
The governor is going to propose new taxes.
April 14, 2007