# propose

Pronunciation: say "pruh-POHZ" US /pɹəˈpoʊz/, UK /pɹəˈpəʊz/

## Verb

1. To put forward a plan, idea, or course of action for others to consider.
   - Simple: To suggest a plan or idea for other people to think about.
   - _The committee proposed several changes to the annual budget._
   - _They propose a merger between the two software companies._
2. To ask for someone's hand in marriage.
   - Simple: To ask someone to marry you.
   - _He proposed after they had dated for nearly three years._
   - _Many couples propose on a significant anniversary._
3. To have as one's intention; to mean to do something.
   - Simple: To plan or aim to do something.
   - _The mayor proposes to reduce traffic in the city center._
   - _We propose to spend the whole summer traveling abroad._

## Verb

4. To talk; to hold a conversation with another person. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To talk or have a conversation with someone.
5. To set forth or lay out a matter formally before an audience. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To state or show something clearly to others.

## Noun

6. A purpose, objective, or aim toward which one directs effort. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A goal or aim that a person hopes to reach.
   - _The knight's sole propose was to defend the realm._
   - _They abandoned the voyage, its propose lost to misfortune._

## Origin

This comes from Middle English 'proposen', via Anglo-Norman and Middle French 'proposer', from Latin 'prōpōnere' ('to put forward'), with its conjugation reshaped after 'poser'. It is a doublet of 'propound'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/propose (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).