propose

propose
01. Barry [proposed] to Yvonne last night, and she said yes.
02. The boss has accepted my [proposal] to upgrade our computer systems.
03. She accepted his [proposal] of marriage without hesitation.
04. Jonathon [proposed] to his girlfriend while they were hiking the West Coast Trail, and that's where they got married a year later.
05. The government is [proposing] legislation that would require tobacco companies to pay for advertising to discourage people from smoking.
06. The offer of a merger of the two companies is certainly an attractive [proposition] for the shareholders.
07. Where does the university [propose] to build the new ESL center?
08. I [propose] that we continue this discussion at our next meeting.
09. Parliament is debating a [proposition] which would prohibit smoking in public places.
10. Our company is considering a [proposal] to change our working schedule to four days with longer hours so that we can have a three-day weekend.
11. We couldn't come to any decision at today's meeting, so the boss [proposed] that we continue the discussion next week.
12. Ariel Durant once remarked that the conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who [proposes] it.
13. In 1990, Soviet parliamentary leaders [proposed] a law which would allow the republics the right to separate from the Soviet Union.
14. In May of 1980, the province of Quebec voted against a [proposal] to negotiate independence from Canada.
15. In November of 1977, the Egyptian Foreign Minister and his Deputy resigned over President Sadat's [proposed] visit to Israel.
16. She came up with a very interesting [proposal] at this morning's meeting.
17. Psychologists have [proposed] a number of criteria with which to define abnormality.
18. Scientists have [proposed] many different hypotheses to explain worldwide temperature changes.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • propose — pro‧pose [prəˈpəʊz ǁ ˈpoʊz] verb [transitive] 1. to suggest something such as a plan or course of action: • Lyle proposed large cuts in the training budget. propose that • Hansen has proposed that I become his business partner. proposed adjective …   Financial and business terms

  • Propose — Pro*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Proposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Proposing}.] [F. proposer; pref. pro (L. pro for, forward) + poser to place. See {Pose}, v.] 1. To set forth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That being proposed brimfull of wine, one scarce could …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • propose — 1 purpose, *intend, mean, design Analogous words: *aim, aspire: plan, plot, scheme, project (see under PLAN n) 2 Propose, propound, pose can all mean to set before the mind for consideration. Propose (see also INTEND) fundamentally implies an… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • propose — [v1] suggest, present for action adduce, advance, advise, affirm, ask, assert, broach, come up with*, contend, counsel, hit on*, hold out, introduce, invite, kibitz*, lay before*, lay on the line*, make a motion, make a pitch*, move for, name,… …   New thesaurus

  • propose — I verb advance, advise, advocate, contend, counsel, declare, introduce, lay before, make a motion, make a suggestion, move, nominate, offer, plan, ponere, pose, postulate, present, proffer, propound, put forward, recommend, set forth, submit,… …   Law dictionary

  • proposé — proposé, ée (pro pô zé, zée) part. passé de proposer. Mis sous les yeux. •   Il est proposé comme le modèle d un roi accompli, BOSSUET Hist. II, 4.    S. f. En algèbre, la proposée, l équation qu il s agit de résoudre.    Dans le langage… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • propose — [prə pōz′] vt. proposed, proposing [LME < OFr proposer, altered (infl. by poser: see POSE1) < L proponere (pp. propositus), to set forth, display, propose: see PRO 2 & POSITION] 1. to put forth for consideration or acceptance 2 …   English World dictionary

  • Propose — Pro*pose , v. i. 1. To speak; to converse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice, Proposing with the prince and Claudio. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Propose — Pro*pose , n. [F. propos, L. propositum. See {Propound}, {Purpose}, n.] Talk; discourse. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • propose — mid 14c., from O.Fr. proposer (12c.), from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + poser put, place (see POSE (Cf. pose) (v.1)). Meaning make an offer of marriage is first recorded 1764 …   Etymology dictionary

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