the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.

a plan or scheme proposed.

an offer of terms for a transaction, as in business.

a thing, matter, or person considered as something to be dealt with or encountered

Keeping diplomatic channels open is a serious proposition.

anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

Rhetoric . a statement of the subject of an argument or a discourse, or of the course of action or essential idea to be advocated.

Logic . a statement in which something is affirmed or denied, so that it can therefore be significantly characterized as either true or false.

Mathematics . a formal statement of either a truth to be demonstrated or an operation to be performed; a theorem or a problem.

a proposal of usually illicit sexual relations.

to propose sexual relations to.

to propose a plan, deal, etc., to.

noun

condemnation , denial , opposition , refusal , rejection

noun

hypothesis , invitation , motion , overture , plan , premise , presentation , proffer , program , project , proposal , recommendation , submission , suggestion , assumption , description , lemma , postulate , postulatum , specification , specs

verb

accost , approach , ask , pose , prefer , propose , propound , put , solicit , suggest , affirmation , nominate , offer , overture , point , post , premise , project , proposal , question , statement , suggestion , task , undertaking