propose
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax
Types & categories
- declare hypernym
- advocate hyponym
- advance hyponym
- proposition hyponym
- feed back hyponym
- put forward hyponym
- make a motion hyponym
Related & opposite
- proposal derivation
- proffer derivation
- prompting derivation
- proposer derivation
- suggestible derivation
Sense 2 verb
present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism
Types & categories
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Sense 3 verb
propose or intend
I aim to arrive at noon
Types & categories
- intend hypernym
Related & opposite
- determination derivation
- objective derivation
- intention derivation
- purport derivation
Sense 4 verb
put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission
Types & categories
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Sense 5 verb
ask (someone) to marry you
he popped the question on Sunday night
Types & categories
- request hypernym
Related & opposite
- marriage proposal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proposal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proffer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | proposer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suggestible |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | declare |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | advocate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | advance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feed back |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put forward |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make a motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | proffer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mover |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | offer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | introduce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | determination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | objective |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intention |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purport |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | intend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nominated |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | nominate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | marriage proposal |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |