proposal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/
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/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/ · /pɹəˈpəʊzəl/

Definition of proposal

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
    “proposals for the construction of a new building”
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noun

  1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
    “proposals for the construction of a new building”
  2. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
    “to make proposals for a treaty of peace”
    “"That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.”
  3. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
    “December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...”
  4. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
    “October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.”
    “You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary run of conversation. It wants leading up to.”
    “‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal of marriage, my dear.’ To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:”
  5. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.

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Etymology

From propose + -al.

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1 word

6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

35 words

2-letter words

11 words

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