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| 1. | [ verb ] make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
| Synonyms: | suggest advise | |
| Related terms: | declare declare recommend submit advance proposition feed_back move suggestion proposer proposal | |
| 2. | [ verb ] present for consideration | |
| Synonyms: | project | |
| Related terms: | plan offer introduce proposer | |
| 3. | [ verb ] propose or intend | |
| Synonyms: | aim purport purpose | |
| Examples: | "I aim to arrive at noon" |
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| Related terms: | intend purpose aim intent | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (government) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office | |
| Synonyms: | nominate | |
| Examples: | "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" |
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| Related terms: | choose nominate nominator | |
| 5. | [ verb ] ask (someone) to marry you | |
| Synonyms: | pop_the_question propose_marriage declare_oneself offer | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | request marriage_proposal | |
| Similar spelling: |
proposer proposed prepose propositus prepossess props proposal prophase provos Propst Propes Provost propjet Prevost prepuce prophesy prophecy profuse previse proboscis |
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