proposal
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Noun (3)proposals
- something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)Type of message, contentKinds advice, suggestion, hypothesis, re-introduction, counterproposal, motion, introduction
- an offer of marriageSynonyms: marriage proposalproposal of marriagemarriage offerType of offer, offeringKinds question
- the act of making a proposal“they listened to her proposal”Synonyms: propositionType of speech actKinds presentation, promposal
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Translations
Noun that which is proposed
- Spanish
- propuesta
- French
- proposition
- German
- Vorschlag
- Italian
- proposta
- Portuguese
- proposta
- Turkish
- teklif
- Russian
- предложе́ние predložénije
- Arabic
- مُقْتَرَح muqtaraḥ
- Chinese
- 提议 tíyì
- Japanese
- 提案 teian
26 more languages
- Dutch
- voorstel
- Polish
- propozycja
- Swedish
- förslag
- Greek
- πρόταση prótasi
- Korean
- 프러포즈 peureopojeu
- Indonesian
- proposal
- Hungarian
- javaslat
- Portuguese (PT)
- proposta
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 提議 tíyì
- Breton
- kinnig
- Catalan
- proposta
- Czech
- návrh
- Danish
- forslag
- Esperanto
- propono
- Estonian
- ettepanek
- Finnish
- ehdotus
- Georgian
- წინადადება c̣inadadeba
- Hebrew
- הַצָּעָה hatsa'á
- Icelandic
- tillaga
- Lithuanian
- pasiūlymas
- Norwegian
- forslag
- Romanian
- propunere
- Slovak
- návrh
- Slovenian
- predlog
- Swahili
- pendekezo
- Welsh
- cynnig
Noun the act of proposing a marriage
- French
- demande en mariage
- German
- Heiratsantrag
- Italian
- proposta
- Russian
- предложе́ние predložénije
- Japanese
- 求婚 kyūkon
- Dutch
- huwelijksaanzoek
- Polish
- oświadczyny
- Korean
- 구혼 guhon
- Danish
- frieri
- Finnish
- kosinta
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: From Propose.
1. That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals for a treaty of peace; to offer proposals for erecting a building; to make proposals of marriage. “To put forth proposals for a book.” Thomas Babington Macaulay
2. Law The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.
Synonyms: Proffer; tender; overture. See Proposition.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54