- an idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business
- I'd like to put a business proposition to you.
- He was trying to make it look like an attractive proposition.
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicec1- Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him.
- Is that a viable proposition?
- We have a proposition to make.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attractive
- tempting
- win-win
- …
- put to somebody
- consider
- accept
- …
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- a thing that you intend to do; a problem, task or person to be dealt with synonym matter
- Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition.
Extra Examples- Running the business was one thing. Getting it to make a profit was a different proposition altogether.
- He's a different proposition from his father—much less tolerant.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- difficult
- tough
- tricky
- …
- (also Proposition)(in the US) a suggested change to the law that people can vote on
- How did you vote on Proposition 8?
- (formal) a statement that expresses an opinion
- Her assessment is based on the proposition that power corrupts.
- The book puts forward a number of extreme propositions about the nature of language.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- central
- fundamental
- …
- set
- advance
- express
- put forward
- …
- concern something
- relate to something
- proposition about
- (mathematics) a statement of a theorem, and an explanation of how it can be proved
- First of all we need to examine whether this proposition is true.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin propositio(n-), from the verb proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’.
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