[prop.o.si.tion] n (14c) 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 usu. stated in sentence form near the outset c: a theorem or problem to be demonstrated or performed
2. 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 proposition
3: something of an indicated kind "getting there is a tough ~" "the farm was never a paying ~" -- prop.o.si.tion.al adj
[2]proposition vt -si.tioned ; -si.tion.ing (1924): to make a proposal to; esp: to suggest sexual intercourse to