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DictionaryproposePut forward for consideration
verb

propose

pruh-POHZ/prəˈpəʊz/

To offer a course of action for another's consideration.

The woman proposes a garden layout by presenting her sketch for the colleague's consideration.

At a small planning table, a woman puts forward a loose garden-layout sketch for a colleague to consider.
Etymology
proLatinforward, forth
+poseOld Frenchto put, place

The image is of placing something before others as something to be done. An idea, plan, or offer is thus put forward for consideration rather than simply kept as an intention.

In context

Hoover Institution20:42
it takes a two-thirds vote of each house to propose the amendment and then it has to be uh approved by three quarters of the states
Uncommon Knowledge with Justice Antonin Scalia

More examples

  • She proposes moving the meeting to Friday.
  • The committee proposed Elena as its next chair.
  • He proposed to his girlfriend, and she said yes.

Forms

propose · proposes · proposed · proposing

proposal noun — A plan or suggestion offered for consideration.

Similar words

suggest
Often introduces an idea less formally than propose does.
recommend
Emphasizes advising that a particular choice is best.