proposes
Offers for consideration
Proposes is the third-person singular of propose—to put forward for consideration.
Someone proposes a plan, a solution, or a toast.
The word carries a formal or deliberate quality: The committee proposes raising fees.
To propose to someone is to offer marriage: He proposes to her at sunset.
Suggest with approval
- suggestOffer an idea indirectly
- adviseGive counsel to
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- submitPresent for consideration
nominate · endorse · counsel · urge · introduce · float · offer · present
Closed curve shape
- fiancéMan pledged to marry
- fiancéeEngaged woman
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
betrothal · commitment · nuptials · matrimony · bride-to-be · diamond · knee · romantic
Planned approach to goals
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- roadmapDetailed plan forward
- agendaFormal discussion list
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
outline · design · project · approach · initiative · budget · legislation · policy
recommend
Suggest with approval
submit · nominate · endorse · counsel · urge · introduce · float · offer · present · put forward
ring
Closed curve shape
- fiancéMan pledged to marry
- fiancéeEngaged woman
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
wedding · betrothal · commitment · nuptials · matrimony · bride-to-be · diamond · knee · romantic · surprise
strategy
Planned approach to goals
scheme · outline · design · project · approach · initiative · budget · legislation · policy · reform
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- postulateAssumed starting point
- theorizeForm explanatory suppositions
speculate · posit · argue · contend · assert · claim · model · framework · explanation · interpretation
proposeswithdraws
Pulls out or removes
retracts · rescinds · revokes · takes back · abandons
proposesopposes
Acts in resistance
counterproposes · contests · challenges · resists · blocks
- marriage proposalOffer of matrimony
- propose a toastVerbally honor with raised glasses
- propose marriageSeek someone's hand
- surprise proposalUnannounced offer of marriage
- modest proposalDeliberately understated radical idea
- business proposalFormal offer for collaboration
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