Thesaurus: proposition

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1. n. The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
2. n. That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
3. n. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
4. n. A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
5. n. A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
6. n. That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
7. n. The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
8. n. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
9. n. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
10. n. an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
11. n. the act of making a proposal
12. n. a task to be dealt with