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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•pos•al /prəˈpoʊzəl/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] the act of proposing.
[countable] a plan or scheme offered or suggested for consideration.[countable] an offer of marriage.See -pos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•pos•al (prə pō′zəl),USA pronunciation n. - the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.
- a plan or scheme proposed.
- an offer or suggestion of marriage.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged recommendation.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged suggestion, design. Proposal, overture, proposition refer to something in the nature of an offer. A proposal is a plan, a scheme, an offer to be accepted or rejected:to make proposals for peace.An overture is a friendly approach, an opening move (perhaps involving a proposal) tentatively looking toward the settlement of a controversy or else preparing the way for a proposal or the like:to make overtures to an enemy.Proposition, used in mathematics to refer to a formal statement of truth, and often including the proof or demonstration of the statement, has something of this same meaning when used nontechnically (particularly in business). A proposition is a proposal in which the terms are clearly stated and their advantageous nature emphasized:His proposition involved a large discount to the retailer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: proposal /prəˈpəʊzəl/ n - the act of proposing
- something proposed, as a plan
- an offer, esp of marriage
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