propose
propose is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To set forth. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- verb. To set forth.
- verb. To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.
- verb. To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.
- intransitive verb. To speak; to converse.
- intransitive verb. To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.
- intransitive verb. To offer one's self in marriage.
- noun. Talk; discourse.
- verb. present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
"He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"
"She proposed a new theory of relativity"
- verb. propose or intend
"I aim to arrive at noon"
- verb. make a proposal, declare a plan for something
"the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
- verb. ask (someone) to marry you
"he popped the question on Sunday night"
"she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"
- 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"
Synonyms
project, aim, purport, purpose, advise, suggest, offer, nominate
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in propose:
Common word forms
proposed, proposer, proposes, proposing
Words from these letters
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