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propose
A	verb
	1	project, propose
			present for consideration
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚plan ╚project, propose ╚introduce ╚offer
	2	aim, purpose, purport, propose
			propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
		Category Tree: will; wish ╚intend; mean; think ╚aim, purpose, purport, propose
	3	propose, suggest, advise
			make a proposal, declare a plan for something
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚declare ╚propose, suggest, advise ╚move; make a motion ╚submit; state; put forward; posit ╚feed back ╚proposition ╚advance; throw out ╚recommend; urge; advocate
	4	propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
			ask (someone) to marry you; "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"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚transfer ╚convey; transmit; communicate ╚communicate; pass on; pass; put across ╚request; bespeak; call for; quest ╚ask ╚request ╚propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
	5	nominate, propose
			put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
		Category Tree: decide; make up one's mind; determine ╚choose; take; select; pick out ╚nominate, propose ╚nominate; put up; put forward