n.
Pronunciation: ˌ prä-p ə - ' zi-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
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 usually 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 to be dealt with <the farm was never a paying proposition >
– prop · o · si · tion · al \ - ' zish-n ə l, - ' zi-sh ə -n ə l \ adjective