1. proposition - Noun
2. proposition - Verb
The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson II
That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. Aldous Huxley
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. H. Allen Smith
The proposition that the people are the best keepers of their own liberties is not true. They are the worst conceivable, they are no keepers at all; they can neither judge, act, think, or will, as a political body. John Adams
It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. Bertrand Russell
He who listens to a proposition is already half sold. German Proverb