proposalnoun [ C ]
uk/prəˈpəʊ.zəl/us/prəˈpoʊ.zəl/B2 a suggestion, sometimes a written one:
Congress has rejected the latest economic proposal put forward by the President.
[ + to infinitive ] There has been an angry reaction to the government's proposal to reduce unemployment benefit.
Have you read Steve's proposals for the new project?
[ + that ] There was anger at the proposal that a UN peacekeeping force should be sent to the area.
B2 an offer of marriage
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- 50 people voted against the new proposal.
- The members are agreed that the proposal should be rejected.
- They declared their support for the proposal
- I'll send you a fax with the details of the proposal.
- The management has refused to back our proposals.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- indication
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- posit
- postulate
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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