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1. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something
   "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
   - suggest, advise
    
2. Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
   "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
   - project
    
3. Propose or intend
   - aim, purpose, purport
    
4. Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honour or position
   - nominate
    
5. Ask (someone) to marry you
   "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"
   - declare oneself, offer, pop the question

Derived forms: proposed, proposes, proposing

See also: proposal, proposer, proposition

Type of: choose, declare, intend, mean, pick out, plan, request, select, take, think

Encyclopedia: Propose