proposing
- 1Present participle and gerund of propose.
The committee is proposing several changes to the budget this year.
Proposing marriage in a crowded restaurant made him unusually anxious.
Note
One -ing form does two jobs here. After be it builds the progressive (the committee is proposing changes), and in noun positions it names the act itself (proposing marriage takes nerve). The planning meaning needs an object. The marriage meaning can stand alone or take to plus a person: he was proposing to her. When to is followed by a verb instead, as in proposing to leave early, the meaning shifts to intending.
proposing is a form of propose
propose, verb: To put forward a plan, idea, or course of action for others to consider. Full entry
- Spelling
- propose → proposing: drop the e, add -ing
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