propose
Verb
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Make a proposal, declare a plan for something (synset 200876925)
"the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritativelysubtypes:
- advocate, recommend, urge - push for something
- advance, throw out - bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- proposition - suggest sex to
- feed back - respond to a query or outcome
- posit, put forward, state, submit - put before
- make a motion, move - propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
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Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. (synset 200708009)
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"; "The candidate projects himself as a moderate and a reformer"is a type of: plan - make plans for somethingsame as: project
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Propose or intend (synset 200710809)
"I aim to arrive at noon"
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Put forward;
Nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position (synset 202406665)"The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"is a type of: choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternativessame as: nominate -
Ask (someone) to marry you (synset 200881285)
"he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"is a type of: request - ask (a person) to do something
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