proposition
/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/ verb C2- To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
- To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
He/she/it propositions · Past propositioned · Past participle propositioned · -ing form propositioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- proposition
- He/she/it
- propositions
- Past
- propositioned
- Past participle
- propositioned
- -ing form
- propositioning
From the library
What a proposition!”
No, for I think he never liked me since the day when I was silly enough, after a little quarrel we had, to propose to him to stop for ten minutes at the island of Monte Cristo to settle the dispute—a proposition which I was wrong to suggest, and he quite right to refuse.
But your more deadly proposition is not so clear.
“This is a serious proposition,” said he.
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