proposal English · revision 4982

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1629|origins=en propose, en -al}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /prəˈpəʊ.zəl/, US /prəˈpoʊ.zəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|propose|-al]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A plan or scheme put forward for acceptance: about 1629 in MWU, the 1650s in Etymonline;^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) stating or propounding something, 1653 in the OED, a sense now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ An act of proposing something to be done, a plan or motion, is from 1657.^(OED 1989) An offer is from 1673, now used only of an offer of marriage, which is by 1749.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) A tender for a contract is from 1748, now American.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1629 – first known use.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1653 – putting forward an idea.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1657 – a plan put forward.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1749 – an offer of marriage.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A plan or suggestion put forward for others to consider.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of proposing something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An offer of [[marriage]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[counterproposal]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[proposition]]

+ * [[propose]]

+ * [[pose]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}