Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - proposition
Proposition
proposition
n. & v. --n. 1 a statement or assertion. 2 a scheme proposed; a proposal. 3 Logic a statement consisting of subject and predicate that is subject to proof or disproof. 4 colloq. a problem, opponent, prospect, etc. that is to be dealt with (a difficult proposition). 5 Math. a formal statement of a theorem or problem, often including the demonstration. 6 a an enterprise etc. with regard to its likelihood of commercial etc. success. b a person regarded similarly. 7 colloq. a sexual proposal. --v.tr. colloq. make a proposal (esp. of sexual intercourse) to (he propositioned her). Phrases and idioms not a proposition unlikely to succeed. Derivatives propositional adj. Etymology: ME f. OF proposition or L propositio (as PROPOUND)
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I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. something offered for consideration or acceptance ; proposal, a request for sexual intercourse, the point to be discussed or maintained in argument usually stated in sentence form near the outset, a theorem or problem to be demonstrated or performed, 2. an expression in language or signs of something that can be believed, doubted, or denied or is either true or false, the objective meaning of a ~, something of an indicated kind to be dealt with , ~al adjective II. transitive verb (-sitioned; ~ing) Date: 1924 to make a proposal to ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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