Definition of proposition

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Proposition (n.) A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white..

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Converse :: Converse (a.) Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition..
Enounce :: Enounce (v. t.) To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument..
Subcoracoid :: Subcontrary (n.) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Baroko :: Baroko (n.) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negative..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed..
Overture :: Overture () A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection..
Maxim :: Maxim (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
Exceptive :: Exceptive (a.) That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move..
Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition..
Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Desitive :: Desitive (n.) A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion.
Point :: Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote..
Inceptive :: Inceptive (a.) Beginning; expressing or indicating beginning; as, an inceptive proposition; an inceptive verb, which expresses the beginning of action; -- called also inchoative..
Inference :: Inference (n.) That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition..
Send :: Send (v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
Universal :: Universal (a.) Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; -- opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient..
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling..
Inadmissible :: Inadmissible (a.) Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation..
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