proposal (prəˈpəʊzəll
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of proposing
- something proposed, as a plan
- an offer, esp of marriage
Synonyms
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suggestion,
plan,
programme,
scheme,
offer,
terms,
design,
project,
bid,
motion,
recommendation,
tender,
presentation,
proposition,
overture,
proffer,
Translations
- British English:
proposal
A proposal is a suggestion or plan, often a formal or written one....the government's proposal to stop free health care.prəˈpəʊzl NOUN ...the government's proposal to stop free health care.
- Spanish:
propuesta
nf
- French:
proposition
nf
- German:
Vorschlag
nm Vorschläge
- Chinese: 提议 n
- Arabic: عَرْض n
- Portuguese: proposta nf
- Russian: предложение nnt
- Croatian: prijedlog nm
- Czech: návrh nm
- Danish: forslag nnt
- Dutch: voorstel nnt
- Finnish: ehdotus n
- Greek: πρόταση nf
- Italian: proposta nf
- Japanese: 提案 n
- Korean: 제안 n
- Norwegian: forslag nnt
- Polish: propozycja nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: proposta nf
- European Spanish:
propuesta
nf
- Swedish: förslag nnt
- Thai: ข้อเสนอ n
- Turkish: öneri n
- Vietnamese: đề xuất n
Usage examples
At first, that had made the proposal all the more attractive.
, CHAMELEON (2002)Even observers outside the environmental establishment, such as the World Council of Churches, back the proposal.
New Scientist (2003)But she initially thought the business's owners would not agree to her proposal.
Irish Times (2002)Isaacs's budget proposal for the 1995--96 season appeared to be `based on a range of seemingly optimistic proposals '.
, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)