verb
- Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.
- usage: "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
- Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..
- usage: "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity"
- Propose or intend.
- usage: "I aim to arrive at noon"
- Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.
- usage: "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
- Ask (someone) to marry you.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
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