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Definitions of proposition
  1. noun
    a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

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  2. noun
    the act of making a proposal

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  3. noun
    an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
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  4. noun
    a task to be dealt with
    "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
  5. noun
    (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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  6. verb
    suggest sex to
    "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"
Definition that contains proposition
  • nor A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
  • subject (logic) the first term of a proposition
  • particular (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
  • term one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition
  • pro in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
  • argument a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
  • con in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.
  • contrary a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
  • contrary of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
  • debate a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
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