2. That which is proposed; that which is offered, as for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; a proposal; as, the enemy made propositions of peace; his proposition was not accepted.
3. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed; as, the propositions of Wyclif and Huss. Some persons . . . change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn. Jer. Taylor.
4. (Gram. & Logic)
Defn: A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.
5. (Math.)
Defn: A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed.
Note: It is called a theorem when it is something to be proved, and a problem when it is something to be done.
6. (Rhet.)
Defn: That which is offered or affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.
7. (Poetry)