proposition

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.

noun

Something that is put forward for consideration: proposal, submission, suggestion. See offer.

n

Definition: suggestion; scheme
Antonyms: condemnation, denial, opposition, refusal, rejection

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That which is proposed or stated; the content of a declarative sentence, capable of truth and falsity. To grasp a proposition is to understand what is said, supposed, suggested, and so on. The same proposition is expressed by any two sentences, from the same or different languages, that are synonymous, or correctly intertranslatable (where translation is judged without regard to tone, rhythm, and other implicatures). The doctrine of the indeterminacy of radical translation casts doubt on the objectivity of this test, and some philosophers, notably Quine, have concluded that no respectable criteria of identity for propositions can be given. For some philosophers, propositions are the primary bearers of truth and falsity, with sentences only true and false derivatively, in virtue of expressing true and false propositions, but for others propositions are the doubtful shadows of what is empirically given, which are utterances in specific contexts. See also propositional attitudes.

IN BRIEF: A statement to be accepted or rejected. Also: Something which must be dealt with.

That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not. — James K. Feibleman

Dansk (Danish)
n. - erklæring, forslag, foretagende, læresætning
v. tr. - henvende sig til en med et forslag, antaste

Nederlands (Dutch)
stelling, voorstel, probleem, onderneming

Français (French)
n. - thèse, assertion, (Math, Philos) proposition, affaire, avances (à qn)
v. tr. - faire une proposition à (qn)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorschlag, Aussage, Satz
v. - (Slang) einer Frau Geschlechtsverkehr vorschlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πρόταση (ιδ. ανήθικη), δήλωση, δουλειά, πρόβλημα, σχέδιο, υπόθεση

Italiano (Italian)
proposta, proposizione, tesi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - proposição (f)

Русский (Russian)
предложение, заявление

Español (Spanish)
n. - proposición, propuesta, oferta, tesis
v. tr. - hacer una propuesta u oferta, proponer

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - påstående, förslag, affär, skamligt förslag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
提议, 建议, 命题, 求欢, 挑逗, 主题, 向求欢, 提出猥亵的要求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 提議, 建議, 命題, 求歡, 挑逗, 主題
v. tr. - 向求歡, 提出猥褻的要求

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제안, 건의
v. tr. - ~ 에게 제안하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 提案, 陳述, 命題, 定理, 相手, 仕事, 誘い, 発議, 企画, 問題
v. - 誘いをかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اقتراح, عرض, مقترح, قضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טענה, הצעה, הנחה, משפט פשוט (נושא ונשוא), דבר שיש להתמודד איתו, בעיה, תוכנית, משפט (במתמטיקה), הצעה מגונה, עסק או אדם כשמדובר בסיכוייו להצליח‬
v. tr. - ‮הציע הצעה מגונה‬

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