propositioning
- 1Present participle of proposition.
She accused her manager of propositioning her at the office party.
He was propositioning strangers outside the bar when the police arrived.
Note
The -ing form does two jobs: after be it builds the progressive (he was propositioning strangers), and as a gerund it fills a noun slot (propositioning a colleague is a firing offense). Either way the verb is transitive and informal. It takes the person directly as its object, with no to: you proposition someone, not to someone. The same form covers a plain offer and a sexual advance, so context has to show which is meant.
propositioning is a form of proposition
proposition, verb: To approach someone directly with an offer, proposal, or suggestion. Full entry
- Forms
- propositionpropositions he/she/itpropositioning -ing formpropositioned past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- proposition → propositioning: add -ing
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