propose has definitions from the field of government
1
[ verb ] make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Synonyms

suggest advise

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

President_Kennedy today proposed a mammoth new medical_care program whereby social_security taxes on 70 million American workers would be raised to pay the hospital and some other medical_bills of 14.2 million Americans over 65 who are covered by social_security or railroad retirement programs .

He further proposed grants of an unspecified sum for experimental hospitals .

The President said he will also propose increasing , by an unspecified amount , the 540 million dollars in the 1961 - 62 budget for direct government research in medicine .

(The Detroit News...)

He said Britain also proposed that the international truce commission should be reconvened , sent to New_Delhi and from there to Laos to verify the cease-fire .

(The New York Times,...)

The question was raised , for_example , as to what attitude the President would take if Mr._Khrushchev proposes a broad neutral belt extending from Southeast_Asia to the Middle_East .

2
[ verb ] present for consideration

Synonyms

project

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

A Houston teacher , now serving in the Legislature , proposed Thursday a law reducing the time spent learning `` educational methods '' .

Related terms

plan offer introduce proposer

3
[ verb ] propose or intend

Synonyms

aim purport purpose

Examples

"I aim to arrive at noon"

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

He had preached a short sermon , trying to talk man-to-man to the audience , to tell them who he was , what he had done in Macon and Birmingham , and what he proposed to do here .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Above_all , disabuse yourselves of any thought that I propose to vent moral indignation at your rifling my residence , to whimper over the loss of a_few objets_d'art , or to shame you into rectitude .

Related terms

intend purpose aim intent

4
[ verb ] (government) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office

Synonyms

nominate

Examples

"The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

Vandiver opened his race for governor in 1958 with a battle in the Legislature against the issuance of $ 50 million worth of additional rural roads bonds proposed by then Gov._Marvin_Griffin .

Related terms

choose nominate nominator

5
[ verb ] ask (someone) to marry you

Examples

"he popped the question on Sunday night" "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months" "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

Used in print

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

For Blanche , it was only a matter of time before Stanley would propose .

Related terms

request marriage_proposal

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