proposition (noun)

(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

suggestion, proposition, proffer (noun)

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

"it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

proposition (noun)

an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)

proposal, proposition (noun)

the act of making a proposal

"they listened to her proposal"

proposition (verb)

a task to be dealt with

"securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"

proposition (verb)

suggest sex to

"She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"

proposition (Noun)

The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

proposition (Noun)

An idea or a plan offered.

proposition (Noun)

The terms of a transaction offered.

proposition (Noun)

The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion.

proposition (Noun)

In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

proposition (Noun)

An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

proposition (Noun)

As a special case, textbooks often, and papers sometimes, label an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem, a proposition. Normally this is part of a numerical reference system (Proposition 3.2, Lemma 3.3, Theorem 3.4)

proposition (Verb)

To propose a plan to (someone).

proposition (Verb)

To propose some illicit behaviour to (someone). Often sexual in nature.

Proposition

In philosophy and logic, the term proposition refers to either the "content" or "meaning" of a meaningful declarative sentence or the pattern of symbols, marks, or sounds that make up a meaningful declarative sentence. The meaning of a proposition includes having the quality or property of being either true or false, and as such propositions are claimed to be truthbearers. The existence of propositions in sense above, as well as the existence of "meanings," is disputed by some philosophers. Where the concept of a "meaning" is admitted, its nature is controversial. In earlier texts writers have not always made it sufficiently clear whether they are using the term proposition in sense of the words or the "meaning" expressed by the words. To avoid the controversies and ontological implications, the term sentence is often now used instead of proposition to refer to just those strings of symbols that are truthbearers, being either true or false under an interpretation. Strawson advocated the use of the term "statement," and some mathematicians have adopted this usage.