proposition

1. 1.

   suggest sex to

   “She was propositioned by a stranger at the party”

   Broaderpropose

Other forms of proposition

plural

propositions·

past tense

propositioned·

present participle

propositioning·

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 proposition

What does proposition mean?

proposition means "(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in proposition?

proposition has 4 syllables: pro-po-sit-ion. The stress falls on "sit". In IPA it is /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/.

What is another word for proposition?

Close synonyms include suggestion, proffer, proposal. 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 proposition a common word?

proposition 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 proposition?

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