Definition of propound in English:

propound

verb prəˈpaʊndprəˈpaʊnd

[with object]

Put forward (an idea or theory) for consideration by others.
he began to propound the idea of a ‘social monarchy’ as an alternative to Franco
Example sentencesExamples
- The Enlightenment also propounded a belief in the transhistorical universality of human nature.
- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle propounded theories about the nature of existence and how human beings should live.
- We can propound the idea that entertainment is not optional, but a constituent element of human development.
- The final poetic statement propounding the belief that life is all one time, not to be squandered or compartmentalized.
- Has the postmodernists' faith in the viability of assimilating and propounding notions in fundamental tension with each other been lost?
- One such idea is being propounded by the critics.
- Then the remark is taken up, carried a few miles, a theory is propounded and someone loses a reputation.
- He was the first economist of note to propound the idea of ‘optimum currency areas’ of which the euro-area is the first.
- We have seen how it propounded a notion of divorce, from life and from the world.
- In the middle of nineteenth century Karl Marx propounded the theory of historical and dialectical materialism.
- Your article starts wonderfully, propounding the sentiments that could have been expressed by a tree hugging commie like me, only you do it so much more eloquently.
- I'm not propounding a solid theory, here.
- He's written several popular books propounding his theories.
- Unfortunately, this lands him in the predicament of propounding a nonfalsifiable theory.
- This runs contrary to the Zoroastrian doctrine of dualism, which propounds the idea of two conflicting powers - good and evil.
- And for three or four years they have sat and listened to lecturers propounding these half-baked ideas.
- These works actively propound the belief that the unexamined death is not worth dying.
- He is not alone; many in India have propounded this theory lately.
- The researchers who propound these theories and the doctors administering these treatments, by contrast, are regarded as courageous pioneers battling against official indifference and dogma.
- In propounding this concept, he does not adopt a nihilistic view of the continuing use of these chemicals.
Synonyms
put forward, advance, offer, present, set forth, submit, tender, suggest, come up with, broach, moot, bring up, mention, introduce, postulate, propose, pose, discuss, hypothesize, peddle, spread, promote, advocate, proffer, posit

Derivatives

propounder

noun

When catcher Moe Berg offered to explain baseball to Albert Einstein in exchange for tutoring in mathematics, the propounder of the theory of relativity responded.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the original version of the paradox, the propounder of the paradox grants us - if only for the sake of argument - that the runner can complete any single subtask in the infinite series of subtasks confronting him.
- In that case the propounder of the Will made by a wealthy 74 year old man was a person who was alleged to have killed the deceased unlawfully.
- The propounders of this theory, many of them youngish politicians, probably didn't intend it to apply to politics but, with oldies increasingly significant as a proportion of eligible voters, it may come to do so.
- The propounders of reformist theory have a solid argument.

Origin

Mid 16th century: alteration of archaic propone, from Latin proponere 'set forth', from pro- 'forward' + ponere 'put'. The addition of the final -d can be compared with that in expound and compound.

Rhymes

abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound

Definition of propound in US English:

propound

verbprəˈpoundprəˈpaʊnd

[with object]

Put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by others.
he began to propound the idea of a “social monarchy” as an alternative to Franco
Example sentencesExamples
- One such idea is being propounded by the critics.
- And for three or four years they have sat and listened to lecturers propounding these half-baked ideas.
- He was the first economist of note to propound the idea of ‘optimum currency areas’ of which the euro-area is the first.
- He is not alone; many in India have propounded this theory lately.
- Then the remark is taken up, carried a few miles, a theory is propounded and someone loses a reputation.
- This runs contrary to the Zoroastrian doctrine of dualism, which propounds the idea of two conflicting powers - good and evil.
- Unfortunately, this lands him in the predicament of propounding a nonfalsifiable theory.
- Has the postmodernists' faith in the viability of assimilating and propounding notions in fundamental tension with each other been lost?
- The final poetic statement propounding the belief that life is all one time, not to be squandered or compartmentalized.
- We have seen how it propounded a notion of divorce, from life and from the world.
- He's written several popular books propounding his theories.
- In the middle of nineteenth century Karl Marx propounded the theory of historical and dialectical materialism.
- These works actively propound the belief that the unexamined death is not worth dying.
- Your article starts wonderfully, propounding the sentiments that could have been expressed by a tree hugging commie like me, only you do it so much more eloquently.
- The researchers who propound these theories and the doctors administering these treatments, by contrast, are regarded as courageous pioneers battling against official indifference and dogma.
- The Enlightenment also propounded a belief in the transhistorical universality of human nature.
- In propounding this concept, he does not adopt a nihilistic view of the continuing use of these chemicals.
- Socrates, Plato and Aristotle propounded theories about the nature of existence and how human beings should live.
- We can propound the idea that entertainment is not optional, but a constituent element of human development.
- I'm not propounding a solid theory, here.
Synonyms
put forward, advance, offer, present, set forth, submit, tender, suggest, come up with, broach, moot, bring up, mention, introduce, postulate, propose, pose, discuss, hypothesize, peddle, spread, promote, advocate, proffer, posit

Origin

Mid 16th century: alteration of archaic propone, from Latin proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’. The addition of the final -d can be compared with that in expound and compound.

单词	propound
释义	Definition of propound in English: propound verb prəˈpaʊndprəˈpaʊnd [with object] Put forward (an idea or theory) for consideration by others. he began to propound the idea of a ‘social monarchy’ as an alternative to Franco Example sentencesExamples The Enlightenment also propounded a belief in the transhistorical universality of human nature. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle propounded theories about the nature of existence and how human beings should live. We can propound the idea that entertainment is not optional, but a constituent element of human development. The final poetic statement propounding the belief that life is all one time, not to be squandered or compartmentalized. Has the postmodernists' faith in the viability of assimilating and propounding notions in fundamental tension with each other been lost? One such idea is being propounded by the critics. Then the remark is taken up, carried a few miles, a theory is propounded and someone loses a reputation. He was the first economist of note to propound the idea of ‘optimum currency areas’ of which the euro-area is the first. We have seen how it propounded a notion of divorce, from life and from the world. In the middle of nineteenth century Karl Marx propounded the theory of historical and dialectical materialism. Your article starts wonderfully, propounding the sentiments that could have been expressed by a tree hugging commie like me, only you do it so much more eloquently. I'm not propounding a solid theory, here. He's written several popular books propounding his theories. Unfortunately, this lands him in the predicament of propounding a nonfalsifiable theory. This runs contrary to the Zoroastrian doctrine of dualism, which propounds the idea of two conflicting powers - good and evil. And for three or four years they have sat and listened to lecturers propounding these half-baked ideas. These works actively propound the belief that the unexamined death is not worth dying. He is not alone; many in India have propounded this theory lately. The researchers who propound these theories and the doctors administering these treatments, by contrast, are regarded as courageous pioneers battling against official indifference and dogma. In propounding this concept, he does not adopt a nihilistic view of the continuing use of these chemicals. Synonyms put forward, advance, offer, present, set forth, submit, tender, suggest, come up with, broach, moot, bring up, mention, introduce, postulate, propose, pose, discuss, hypothesize, peddle, spread, promote, advocate, proffer, posit Derivatives propounder noun When catcher Moe Berg offered to explain baseball to Albert Einstein in exchange for tutoring in mathematics, the propounder of the theory of relativity responded. Example sentencesExamples In the original version of the paradox, the propounder of the paradox grants us - if only for the sake of argument - that the runner can complete any single subtask in the infinite series of subtasks confronting him. In that case the propounder of the Will made by a wealthy 74 year old man was a person who was alleged to have killed the deceased unlawfully. The propounders of this theory, many of them youngish politicians, probably didn't intend it to apply to politics but, with oldies increasingly significant as a proportion of eligible voters, it may come to do so. The propounders of reformist theory have a solid argument. Origin Mid 16th century: alteration of archaic propone, from Latin proponere 'set forth', from pro- 'forward' + ponere 'put'. The addition of the final -d can be compared with that in expound and compound. Rhymes abound, aground, around, astound, bound, compound, confound, dumbfound, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, interwound, mound, pound, profound, redound, round, sound, stoneground, surround, theatre-in-the-round (US theater-in-the-round), underground, wound Definition of propound in US English: propound verbprəˈpoundprəˈpaʊnd [with object] Put forward (an idea, theory, or point of view) for consideration by others. he began to propound the idea of a “social monarchy” as an alternative to Franco Example sentencesExamples One such idea is being propounded by the critics. And for three or four years they have sat and listened to lecturers propounding these half-baked ideas. He was the first economist of note to propound the idea of ‘optimum currency areas’ of which the euro-area is the first. He is not alone; many in India have propounded this theory lately. Then the remark is taken up, carried a few miles, a theory is propounded and someone loses a reputation. This runs contrary to the Zoroastrian doctrine of dualism, which propounds the idea of two conflicting powers - good and evil. Unfortunately, this lands him in the predicament of propounding a nonfalsifiable theory. Has the postmodernists' faith in the viability of assimilating and propounding notions in fundamental tension with each other been lost? The final poetic statement propounding the belief that life is all one time, not to be squandered or compartmentalized. We have seen how it propounded a notion of divorce, from life and from the world. He's written several popular books propounding his theories. In the middle of nineteenth century Karl Marx propounded the theory of historical and dialectical materialism. These works actively propound the belief that the unexamined death is not worth dying. Your article starts wonderfully, propounding the sentiments that could have been expressed by a tree hugging commie like me, only you do it so much more eloquently. The researchers who propound these theories and the doctors administering these treatments, by contrast, are regarded as courageous pioneers battling against official indifference and dogma. The Enlightenment also propounded a belief in the transhistorical universality of human nature. In propounding this concept, he does not adopt a nihilistic view of the continuing use of these chemicals. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle propounded theories about the nature of existence and how human beings should live. We can propound the idea that entertainment is not optional, but a constituent element of human development. I'm not propounding a solid theory, here. Synonyms put forward, advance, offer, present, set forth, submit, tender, suggest, come up with, broach, moot, bring up, mention, introduce, postulate, propose, pose, discuss, hypothesize, peddle, spread, promote, advocate, proffer, posit Origin Mid 16th century: alteration of archaic propone, from Latin proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’. The addition of the final -d can be compared with that in expound and compound.
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