Dictionary Definition
propose
Verb
2 present for consideration [syn: project]
4 put forward; nominate for appointment to an
office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights
Commission" [syn: nominate]
5 ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the
question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she
had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared
himself to the young woman" [syn: declare
oneself, offer,
pop the
question]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Usage notes
- In use 1. this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
- In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
- For more information, see Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to suggest a plan or course of action
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 提议 (tíyì)
- Czech: navrhnout
- Danish: foreslå
- Dutch: voorstellen
- Finnish: ehdottaa, esittää; (~ casually/repeatedly) ehdotella
- French: proposer
- German: vorschlagen
- Greek: προτείνω
- Hungarian: javasolni
- Italian: proporre
- Japanese: 申し込む (もうしこむ, mōshikomu)
- Korean: 제안하다 (jeanhada)
- Kurdish:
- Portuguese: propor
- Russian: предлагать (predlagát’)
- Spanish: proponer
- Swedish: föreslå
to ask for one's hand in marriage
- Finnish: kosia
- Greek: κάνω πρόταση γάμου
- Kurdish:
to intend
- Finnish: aikoa
- Greek: προτίθεμαι
- ttbc Polish: proponować impf. (1), zaproponować pf. (1)
French
Verb
- Form of First-person singular present subjunctive, proposer
- Form of Third-person singular present subjunctive, proposer
- Form of Second-person singular imperative, proposer
Italian
Verb
propose- third-person indicative past historic of proporre
Extensive Definition
Proposal may refer to:
- Proposal (business)
- Proposal of marriage
- Proposals (play), a play by Neil Simon
- "The Proposal", an episode from The O.C. television show
propose in Japanese: プロポーズ (曖昧さ回避)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advance, advise, advocate, aim, aim at, ask, aspire after, aspire to,
assert, be after, become
engaged, bid, brief, bring before, bring
forward, bring up, broach, call attention to,
coach, come up with,
commend to attention, confer, consult with, contemplate, counsel, design, designate, desire, destine, determine, direct, drive at, expect, go for, guide, harbor a design, have every
intention, instruct,
intend, introduce, kibitz, launch, lay before, lay down,
make a motion, mean,
meddle, mind, moot, move, name, name for office, nominate, offer, offer a resolution, open
up, plan, pop the question,
pose, posit, postulate, predicate, prefer, prescribe, present, proffer, project, proposition, propound, purport, purpose, put, put forth, put forward, put it
to, put up, recommend,
request, resolve, run, run for office, set before, set
forth, solicit, start, submit, suggest, table, tender, think