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proposition
A	noun
	1	proposition
			a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚undertaking; project; task; labor ╚proposition
	2	proposition
			(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚proposition ╚axiom ╚postulate; posit ╚conclusion; ratiocination ╚theorem ╚lemma ╚converse ╚negation
	3	proposal, proposition
			the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚proposal, proposition ╚presentation
	4	proposition
			an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚offer; offering ╚proposition
	5	suggestion, proposition, proffer
			a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚proposal ╚suggestion, proposition, proffer ╚overture; advance; approach; feeler ╚touch; trace; ghost ╚hint; intimation; breath
B	verb
	1	proposition
			suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚declare ╚propose; suggest; advise ╚proposition

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