noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/pɹəˈpəʊzəl/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
A scheme or design.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
The terms or conditions proposed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
to make proposals for a treaty of peace
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overture, proffer, proposition
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
The document on which such a thing is written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overture, proffer, proposition
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overture, proffer, proposition
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overture, proffer, proposition, tender
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
the act of making a proposal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they listened to her proposal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proposition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
Narrower terms: presentation
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noun
Meaning 7
an offer of marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: offer, offering
Narrower terms: question
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noun
Meaning 8
something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.