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(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. / (countable) An idea or a plan offered. / (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

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proposition

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Source Word

proposition

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

Noun

uncountable countable US poetic alt-of misspelling

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. / (countable) An idea or a plan offered. / (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

Japanese Meaning

アイディアや計画を提示する行為 / 提示されたアイディアや計画 / 商取引において提示される条件

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女が柔軟な勤務時間を導入するという提案は慎重な関心を持って受け止められ、チームはさらに議論するための会議を予定した。

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Sense（1）

(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

Sense（2）

(countable) An idea or a plan offered.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

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Sense（3）

(countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.

Sense（4）

(countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

Sense（5）

(grammar) A complete sentence.

Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

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Sense（6）

(countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.