proposition

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• General-American, dialectal: prŏ'pə-zĭshʹən of Canada
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/ of Canada
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• rhymes with -ɪʃən
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From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō, from the verb prōponō.

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: прапано́ва (prapanóva) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Bulgarian: предложе́ние (predložénie) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Chinese Mandarin: 提議 /提议 (tíyì) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Chinese Mandarin: 提案 (tí'àn) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Czech: navrhování — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Finnish: esitys — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Finnish: ehdotus — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Galician: proposición — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• German: Angebot — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Greek: πρόταση (prótasi) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Greek: θέση (thési) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Ancient Greek: πρότασις (prótasis) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Italian: proposta — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Japanese: 提案 (teian) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Japanese: 提議 (teigi) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Korean: 제안 (jean) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Norwegian Bokmål: forslag — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Polish: propozycja — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Portuguese: proposição — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Portuguese: proposta — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Romanian: afirmație — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Romanian: declarație — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Russian: утвержде́ние (utverždénije) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Spanish: proposición — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Ukrainian: пропози́ція (propozýcija) — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Vietnamese: kiến nghị — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Vietnamese: đề án — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Vietnamese: đề nghị — uncountable: act of offering for consideration
• Arabic: اِقْتِرَاح (iqtirāḥ) — idea or plan offered
• Arabic: مُقْتَرَح (muqtaraḥ) — idea or plan offered
• Belarusian: прапано́ва (prapanóva) — idea or plan offered
• Bulgarian: предложе́ние (predložénie) — idea or plan offered
• Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 (jiànyì) — idea or plan offered
• Chinese Mandarin: 提議 /提议 (tíyì) — idea or plan offered
• Chinese Mandarin: 提案 (tí'àn) — idea or plan offered
• Czech: návrh — idea or plan offered
• Danish: forslag — idea or plan offered
• Dutch: propositie — idea or plan offered
• Dutch: voorstel — idea or plan offered
• Finnish: esitys — idea or plan offered
• Finnish: ehdotus — idea or plan offered
• French: proposition — idea or plan offered
• Galician: proposición — idea or plan offered
• German: Vorschlag — idea or plan offered
• Greek: πρόταση (prótasi) — idea or plan offered
• Ido: propoziciono — idea or plan offered
• Ido: propozajo — idea or plan offered
• Italian: proposizione — idea or plan offered
• Japanese: 提案 (teian) — idea or plan offered
• Korean: 제안 (jean) — idea or plan offered
• Macedonian: предлог (predlog) — idea or plan offered
• Norman: proposition — idea or plan offered
• Old English: fōresetnes — idea or plan offered
• Plautdietsch: Väaschlach — idea or plan offered
• Polish: propozycja — idea or plan offered
• Portuguese: proposição — idea or plan offered
• Portuguese: proposta — idea or plan offered
• Romanian: propunere — idea or plan offered
• Romanian: sugestie — idea or plan offered
• Romansh: proposiziun — idea or plan offered
• Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — idea or plan offered
• Serbo-Croatian: предлог — idea or plan offered
• Serbo-Croatian: приједлог — idea or plan offered
• Serbo-Croatian: predlog — idea or plan offered
• Serbo-Croatian: prijedlog — idea or plan offered
• Slovak: návrh — idea or plan offered
• Slovene: predlog — idea or plan offered
• Spanish: propuesta — idea or plan offered
• Swedish: förslag — idea or plan offered
• Thai: ประพจน์ — idea or plan offered
• Ukrainian: пропози́ція (propozýcija) — idea or plan offered
• Vietnamese: kiến nghị — idea or plan offered
• Vietnamese: đề nghị — idea or plan offered
• Czech: nabídka — terms of a transaction offered
• Finnish: tarjous — terms of a transaction offered
• Ido: propoziciono — terms of a transaction offered
• Ido: propozajo — terms of a transaction offered
• Italian: proposizione — terms of a transaction offered
• Italian: proposta — terms of a transaction offered
• Romansh: proposiziun — terms of a transaction offered
• Spanish: proposición — terms of a transaction offered
• Russian: проект (projekt) — in the US: proposed statute or constitutional amendment
• Arabic: قَضِيَّة (qaḍiyya) — the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation
• Greek: δήλωση (dílosi) — the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation
• Hindi: प्रतिज्ञप्ति (pratijñapti) — the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation
• Hindi: तर्कवाक्य (tarkavākya) — the abstract contents of a statement, without reference to its formulation
• Finnish: väite — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• German: Aussage — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• German: Proposition — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Greek: πρόταση (prótasi) — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Japanese: 命題 (meidai) — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Korean: 명제 (myeongje) — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Polish: zdanie — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Portuguese: proposição — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Russian: заявле́ние (zajavlénije) — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Spanish: proposición — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Tagalog: palagay — math: assertion which can be considered true or false
• Chinese Mandarin: 命題 /命题 (mìngtí) — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Czech: věta — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• German: Proposition — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Hebrew: טענה (ta'aná) — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Icelandic: fullyrðing — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Icelandic: yrðing — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Italian: proposizione logica — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Japanese: 命題 (meidai) — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Korean: 명제 (myeongje) — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Polish: stwierdzenie — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Russian: утвержде́ние (utverždénije) — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Tagalog: palagay — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Vietnamese: mệnh đề — an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem
• Finnish: ehdottaa — make a suggestion of sexual intercourse
• Finnish: ehdottaa — make an offer or suggestion
• Latin: prōpositō — make an offer or suggestion