prop·o·si·tion (prŏp'ə-zĭsh'ən)
n.

1. A plan suggested for acceptance; a proposal.
2. A matter to be dealt with; a task: Finding affordable housing can be a difficult proposition.
3. An offer of a private bargain, especially a request for sexual relations.
4. A subject for discussion or analysis.
5. Logic.
   1. A statement that affirms or denies something.
   2. The meaning expressed in such a statement, as opposed to the way it is expressed.
6. Mathematics. A theorem.

tr.v., -tioned, -tion·ing, -tions.
To propose a private bargain to, especially to propose sexual relations with.

[Middle English proposicion, from Old French proposition, from Latin prōpositiō, prōpositiōn-, setting out in words, from prōpositus, past participle of prōpōnere, to set forth. See propose.]

propositional prop'o·si'tion·al adj.
propositionally prop'o·si'tion·al·ly adv.

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