Supposition vs. Proposition
Suppositionnoun
Something that is supposed; an assumption made to account for known facts, conjecture.
Suppositionnoun
The act or an instance of supposing.
Suppositionnoun
The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
Suppositionnoun
That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
Suppositionnoun
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Suppositionnoun
a hypothesis that is taken for granted;
Suppositionnoun
the cognitive process of supposing
Propositionnoun
(uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
Propositionnoun
(countable) An idea or a plan offered.
Propositionnoun
The terms of a transaction offered.
Propositionnoun
In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
Propositionnoun
(grammar) A complete sentence.
Propositionnoun
The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
Propositionnoun
An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
Propositionnoun
An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
Propositionnoun
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
Propositionnoun
(poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Propositionverb
To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
Propositionverb
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
Propositionnoun
The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.
Propositionnoun
That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
Propositionnoun
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss.
Propositionnoun
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.
Propositionnoun
A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
Propositionnoun
That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
Propositionnoun
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
Propositionnoun
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
Propositionnoun
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;
Propositionnoun
an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
Propositionnoun
the act of making a proposal;
Propositionnoun
a task to be dealt with;
Propositionverb
suggest sex to;
Proposition
In logic and linguistics, a proposition is the meaning of a declarative sentence. In philosophy, is understood to be a non-linguistic entity which is shared by all sentences with the same meaning.
