Proposition
Proposition , noun
[Latin propositio: compare French proposition. See Propound.]
1.
The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
Oblations for the altar of proposition.
2.
That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
3.
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
Some persons... change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.
4.
(Grammar & Logic) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
5.
(Mathematics) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of 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.
6.
(Rhetoric) That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
7.
(Poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Collocations (1)
Leaves of proposition (Jewish Antiquities) , the showbread. — Wyclif (Luke vi. 4)