propose in English: To suggest a plan or idea, or to ask someone to marry you. (verb)

Translation

To suggest a plan or idea, or to ask someone to marry you.

Word origin

From Old French proposer, based on Latin proponere, meaning to put forward.

Verb typeregular (propose, proposes, proposed)

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Here "propose" means to suggest a plan in a formal way.

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You can propose an idea for others to talk about.

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"Propose to someone" means to ask them to marry you.

suggest

To tell someone your idea about what they could do.

idea

A thought or plan that you form in your mind.

plan

An idea about what you will do and how you will do it before you start.

offer

To ask someone if they would like something, or to say you are willing to give or do it.

marry

To become someone's husband or wife.

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