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Proposition
PROPOSI'TION, n. s as z. [L. propositio, from propositus, propono.]
1. That which is proposed; that which is offered for consideration, acceptance or adoption; a proposal; offer of terms. The enemy made propositions of peace; the propositions were not accepted.
2. In logic, one of the three parts of a regular argument; the part of an argument in which some quality, negative or positive, is attributed to a subject; as, "snow is white;" "water is fluid;" "vice is not commendable."
3. In mathematics, a statement in terms of either a truth to be demonstrated, or an operation to be performed. It is called a theorem, when it is something to be proved; and a problem, when it is something to be done.
4. In oratory, that which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; any thing stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
5. In poetry, the first part of a poem, in which the author states the subject or matter of it. Horace recommends modesty and simplicity in the proposition of a poem.
proposition appears in definitions for these words:
A Absurd Accede Affirmative Agreeably Agreed Allow Analysis Analyze Answer Antecedent Apagogy Apart Argue Argument Argumentation Article Assent Assumption Axiom Because Belief Blush Bottom Bring Cartel Categorical Causal Chamade Chasm Circle Circular Coldly Composition Comprehend Con Conceded Concerning Concernment Conciliatory Conclusion Conclusive Consent Consequence Consequent Consequentness Continuative Contradiction Contradictory Contraries Contrary Converse Conversion Convert Copula Copulative Corollary Credulity Criterion Deduce Demonstrate Demonstration Deny Derivable Discourse Discrete Discretive Disjunctive Disprove Disputable Disputation Dissonant Distinctly Doctrinal Doubtful Either Enthymeme Equation Equipollence Equivalent Erect Erroneousness Examine Example Exception Exclude Explicit Extend Fair Faith Fallacious Force Fully Gainsay Hold Huddle Hypothesis Idea Identic If Inadmissible Incapacity Inceptive Incident Inconsistence Indefinite Induction Infer Inference Judgment Lay Lemma Major Make Maxim Minnow Mood Motion Mover Necessity Negative No Nor Now Objective Objector Opinion Opponency Or Ostensive Pacific Paradox Paralogism Perfectly Pointedly Porism Position Predicate Premise Premises Premiss Privative Problem Proponent Proposition Propositional Protasis Prove Question Ratiocinative Reason Reasoning Recant Recede Reconciler Remote Reservation Resolution Rest Riddle Second Sector Self-contradiction Self-evidence So Sorites Speculatively String Subject Subjective Suppose Syllogism Synthesis Take Term That Theorem Theory Thesis Thwart Time Transpose Ulterior Ultimatum Understand Universal Universality Unreconcilable Verity Vindicate Virtually Vote Withhold
A Absurd Accede Affirmative Agreeably Agreed Allow Analysis Analyze Answer Antecedent Apagogy Apart Argue Argument Argumentation Article Assent Assumption Axiom Because Belief Blush Bottom Bring Cartel Categorical Causal Chamade Chasm Circle Circular Coldly Composition Comprehend Con Conceded Concerning Concernment Conciliatory Conclusion Conclusive Consent Consequence Consequent Consequentness Continuative Contradiction Contradictory Contraries Contrary Converse Conversion Convert Copula Copulative Corollary Credulity Criterion Deduce Demonstrate Demonstration Deny Derivable Discourse Discrete Discretive Disjunctive Disprove Disputable Disputation Dissonant Distinctly Doctrinal Doubtful Either Enthymeme Equation Equipollence Equivalent Erect Erroneousness Examine Example Exception Exclude Explicit Extend Fair Faith Fallacious Force Fully Gainsay Hold Huddle Hypothesis Idea Identic If Inadmissible Incapacity Inceptive Incident Inconsistence Indefinite Induction Infer Inference Judgment Lay Lemma Major Make Maxim Minnow Mood Motion Mover Necessity Negative No Nor Now Objective Objector Opinion Opponency Or Ostensive Pacific Paradox Paralogism Perfectly Pointedly Porism Position Predicate Premise Premises Premiss Privative Problem Proponent Proposition Propositional Protasis Prove Question Ratiocinative Reason Reasoning Recant Recede Reconciler Remote Reservation Resolution Rest Riddle Second Sector Self-contradiction Self-evidence So Sorites Speculatively String Subject Subjective Suppose Syllogism Synthesis Take Term That Theorem Theory Thesis Thwart Time Transpose Ulterior Ultimatum Understand Universal Universality Unreconcilable Verity Vindicate Virtually Vote Withhold
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