propose

Other forms of propose

past tense

proposed·

present participle

proposing·

third person

proposes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about propose

What does propose mean?

propose means "make a proposal, declare a plan for something". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in propose?

propose has 2 syllables: pro-pose. The stress falls on "pose". In IPA it is /pɹəˈpoʊz/.

What is another word for propose?

Close synonyms include suggest, advise, project, aim, purpose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is propose a common word?

propose is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with propose?

13 words rhyme with propose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.