propositionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) enPR: präp'ə-zĭshʹən IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
• 韻: -ɪʃən
• ハイフネーション: prop‧o‧si‧tion

名詞

proposition (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 propositions)

1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
   • c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:

     Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

6. (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

   “‘Wiktionary is a good dictionary’ is a proposition” is a proposition.

7. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

   the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

   • 1668, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […]: Sermon XXI. [Of Christian Prudence.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume VI, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, OCLC 956524510, page 113:

     There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.

10. (poetic) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
11. Misspelling of preposition.

同意語

• (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
• (idea または plan offered): proposal, suggestion
• (terms offered): proposal
• (content of an assertion): statement
• (proposed statute または constitutional amendment):

派生語

• propositional

動詞

proposition (三人称単数 現在形 propositions, 現在分詞 propositioning, 過去形および過去分詞形 propositioned)

1. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
2. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

同意語

• make a pass

関連する語

• propose

アナグラム

• opistoporin