English Dictionary

proposition

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞 アメリカ英語 詩語 別表記 誤綴り

(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.

日本語の意味

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

Her proposition that we adopt flexible hours was met with cautious interest, so the team scheduled a meeting to discuss it further.

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（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.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(grammar) A complete sentence.

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

意味（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.

“‘Wiktionary is a good dictionary’ is a proposition” is a proposition.

意味（7）

(countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

意味（8）

(countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

意味（9）

A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

意味（10）

(poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

意味（11）

Misspelling of preposition.

propositions （ plural ）