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 performed2 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 proposition3: 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