English Explanatory Dictionary

proposal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
  2. A scheme or design.
  3. The terms or conditions proposed.
  4. The document on which such a thing is written.
  5. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage.
  6. The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/ /pɹəˈpəʊzəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-proposal.wav

Word forms

proposal proposals

Etymology

From propose + -al.

Synonyms

overture proffer proposition plot blueprint design plan project proposal scheme tender

Related words

proposition

Derived words

contraproposal counterproposal modest proposal nonproposal postproposal preproposal promposal proposalist reproposal request for proposal subproposal

Translations

Abkhaz: а́дгалара Albanian: propozim Arabic: مُقْتَرَح Arabic: اِقْتِرَاح Armenian: առաջարկություն Azerbaijani: təklif Belarusian: прапано́ва Belarusian: прапазі́цыя Belarusian: прапазы́цыя Bengali: প্রস্তাব Breton: kinnig Bulgarian: предложе́ние Catalan: proposta Chinese Mandarin: 提議 /提议 Chinese Mandarin: 建議 /建议 Chinese Mandarin: 提案 Chinese Mandarin: 求婚 Czech: návrh Danish: forslag Dutch: voorstel Esperanto: propono Estonian: ettepanek Finnish: ehdotus Finnish: esitys Finnish: kosinta French: proposition Georgian: წინადადება German: Vorschlag Greek: πρόταση Ancient Greek: πρότασις Hebrew: הַצָּעָה Hindi: प्रस्ताव Hungarian: javaslat Indonesian: proposal Indonesian: lamaran Indonesian: usul Indonesian: usulan Italian: proposta Japanese: 提案 Japanese: 求婚 Japanese: プロポーズ Kashubian: bédowanié Kazakh: ұсыныс Korean: 제안 Korean: 구혼 Korean: 프러포즈 Central Kurdish: پێشنیار Central Kurdish: پێشنیاز Northern Kurdish: teklîf Northern Kurdish: pêşniyar Northern Kurdish: pêşniyaz Kyrgyz: сунуш Latvian: priekšlikums Lithuanian: pasiūlymas Macedonian: предлог Macedonian: понуда Māori: marohitanga Norwegian Bokmål: forslag Pashto: پېشنهاد Pashto: وړانديز
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