What is another word for propositions?

Pronunciation: [pɹˌɒpəzˈɪʃənz] (IPA)

Propositions refer to an idea or suggestion put forward for consideration. Some synonyms for this word include proposal, suggestion, idea, plan, proposal, scheme, project, and initiative. Each of these words highlights a slightly different aspect of the idea being presented. For example, a proposal often implies a more formal presentation with detailed information and analysis of potential benefits and drawbacks. A suggestion, on the other hand, may be more casual and less fully developed. Regardless of the specific synonym used, all of these words reflect the act of offering an idea or plan for discussion and consideration.

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What are the hypernyms for Propositions?

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Usage examples for Propositions

"Read over that letter, sir," said Lady Dorothea, "and please to inform me if it rightly conveys your propositions."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
But men don't make propositions of that sort without a reason, Charlotte.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
He had made certain propositions to the Crown lands authorities, which he believed they would look into, and while he waited he found the customs and luxuries of civilization pleasant.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Propositions

  • True science is never speculative; it employs hypotheses as suggesting points for inquiry, but it never adopts the hypotheses as though they were demonstrated propositions.
    Cleveland Abbe
  • Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been so long regarded as being the physical space of our experience.
    Arthur Cayley
  • Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas - an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.
    Morris Raphael Cohen
  • I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every day, spend one's life making aesthetic propositions. What an immense luxury.
    Anish Kapoor

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