Main Entry: ¹prop·o·si·tion

Pronunciation: \ˌprä-pə-ˈzi-shən\

Function: noun

Date: 14th century

1 a (1) : something offered for consideration or acceptance : proposal (2) : a request for sexual intercourse b : the point to be discussed or maintained in argument usually stated in sentence form near the outset c : a theorem or problem to be demonstrated or performed
2 a : an expression in language or signs of something that can be believed, doubted, or denied or is either true or false b : the objective meaning of a proposition
3 : something of an indicated kind to be dealt with <the farm was never a paying proposition>

— prop·o·si·tion·al \-ˈzish-nəl, -ˈzi-shə-n^əl\ adjective