word-vault/dist/data/cards/pr/proposition.json

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{
    "term": "proposition",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd like to put a business proposition to you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was trying to make it look like an **attractive proposition**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is that a viable proposition?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have a proposition to make."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["attractive", "tempting", "win-win"],
                "verb + proposition": ["put to somebody", "consider", "accept"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that you intend to do; a problem, task or person to be dealt with",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Running the business was one thing. Getting it to make a profit was a different proposition altogether."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a different proposition from his father—much less tolerant."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "matter",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["difficult", "tough", "tricky"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in the US) a suggested change to the law that people can vote on",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How did you vote on Proposition 8?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a statement that expresses an opinion",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her assessment is based on the proposition that power corrupts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book puts forward a number of extreme propositions about the nature of language."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["basic", "central", "fundamental"],
                "… of propositions": ["set"],
                "verb + proposition": ["advance", "express", "put forward"],
                "proposition + verb": ["concern something", "relate to something"],
                "preposition": ["proposition about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a statement of a theorem, and an explanation of how it can be proved",
            "labels": "(mathematics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "First of all we need to examine whether this proposition is true."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/proposition/proposition__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/proposition/proposition__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from Latin propositio(n-), from the verb proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’."
}