Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to propose
Participle: proposed
Gerund: proposing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | propose |
| you | propose |
| he;she;it | proposes |
| we | propose |
| you | propose |
| they | propose |
Perfect
| I | have proposed |
| you | have proposed |
| he;she;it | has proposed |
| we | have proposed |
| you | have proposed |
| they | have proposed |
Past
| I | proposed |
| you | proposed |
| he;she;it | proposed |
| we | proposed |
| you | proposed |
| they | proposed |
Pluperfect
| I | had proposed |
| you | had proposed |
| he;she;it | had proposed |
| we | had proposed |
| you | had proposed |
| they | had proposed |
Future
| I | will propose |
| you | will propose |
| he;she;it | will propose |
| we | will propose |
| you | will propose |
| they | will propose |
Future Perfect
| I | will have proposed |
| you | will have proposed |
| he;she;it | will have proposed |
| we | will have proposed |
| you | will have proposed |
| they | will have proposed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | propose |
| you | propose |
| he;she;it | propose |
| we | propose |
| you | propose |
| they | propose |
Perfect
| I | have proposed |
| you | have proposed |
| he;she;it | have proposed |
| we | have proposed |
| you | have proposed |
| they | have proposed |
Imperfect
| I | proposed |
| you | proposed |
| he;she;it | proposed |
| we | proposed |
| you | proposed |
| they | proposed |
Pluperfect
| I | had proposed |
| you | had proposed |
| he;she;it | had proposed |
| we | had proposed |
| you | had proposed |
| they | had proposed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would propose |
| you | would propose |
| he;she;it | would propose |
| we | would propose |
| you | would propose |
| they | would propose |
Perfect
| I | would have proposed |
| you | would have proposed |
| he;she;it | would have proposed |
| we | would have proposed |
| you | would have proposed |
| they | would have proposed |
Imperative
| you | propose |
| we | Let's propose |
| you | propose |
Verbs conjugated like 'propose'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'propose'
præpose,
prepose,
propone,
proptose,
predose,
prepone,
prodnose,
profuse,
promise,
promote,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- suggest
- offer, propound, prefer, present, volunteer, propone, proffer, proposition
- nominate
- name
- intend
- design, mean, plan, purpose
- pose
- posit, present, propound, state
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English proposen, from Anglo-Norman proposer (verb), propos (noun), Middle French proposer (verb), propos (noun), from Latin prōpōnō, prōpōnere, with conjugation altered based on poser. Doublet of propound. See: Latin '
propono'.
Verbs referencing "propose"
Spanish
proponer.
Sample Sentences
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Our host announced, before our early dinner, that some members of the legislative body proposed to do us the honour of calling. He had kindly yielded up to us his wife 's own little parlour, and when I begged that he would show them in, I saw him look with painful apprehension at its pretty [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of the pupils in algebra; a proposal, which, as I was by no means confident of my ability to detect mistakes in that science, I declined with some alarm. In the girls ’ school, reading was proposed; and as I felt tolerably equal to that art, I expressed my willingness to hear a class. Books were distributed accordingly, and some half-dozen girls relieved each other in reading paragraphs from [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ How can you propose it ? ” said Marie. “ St. Clare, you really are inconsiderate. So nervous as I am, the least breath disturbs me; and a strange hand about me would drive me absolutely frantic. If Mammy felt the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Well, Chloe, who do you propose that we should hire out ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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When they arrived at the Mississippi river, George, having learned that the course of the strange lady was upward, like his own, proposed to take a state-room for her on the same boat with himself,—good-naturedly compassionating her feeble health, and desirous to do what he could to assist her.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)