PROPOSE
\pɹəpˈə͡ʊz], \pɹəpˈəʊz], \p_ɹ_ə_p_ˈəʊ_z]\
Definitions of PROPOSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
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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"
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present for consideration
By Princeton University
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propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
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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"
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present for consideration
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To set forth.
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To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.
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To speak; to converse.
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To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
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To offer one's self in marriage.
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Talk; discourse.
By Oddity Software
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To offer for acceptance.
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To bring forward or offer for consideration; as, to propose a candidate for election; to suggest; to intend; as, I propose to stay at home.
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To make an offer of marriage.
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Proposer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To offer for acceptance.
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Proposer.
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To purpose; intend.
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To plan; make an offer, especially of marriage.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Proposer.
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To put forward or offer for consideration, etc.
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To make a proposal: to make an offer of marriage.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman