noun
proposition
A statement that can be true or false.
The proposition that all birds can fly is clearly false.
Etymology
The source idea is putting something forward. Logic specializes it to a claim put forward for consideration as either true or false.
More examples
- A question is not a proposition because it asserts nothing.
- These two propositions cannot both be true.
- We test the proposition that warmer water dissolves sugar faster.
Forms
proposition · propositions
propositional adjective — Relating to statements with a truth value.