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propositionnoun
There are 18 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun proposition, eight of which are labelled obsolete.
See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
About 20occurrences per million words in modern written English
| 1750 | 42 |
| 1760 | 34 |
| 1770 | 42 |
| 1780 | 35 |
| 1790 | 43 |
| 1800 | 48 |
| 1810 | 55 |
| 1820 | 52 |
| 1830 | 49 |
| 1840 | 51 |
| 1850 | 56 |
| 1860 | 51 |
| 1870 | 47 |
| 1880 | 46 |
| 1890 | 41 |
| 1900 | 37 |
| 1910 | 35 |
| 1920 | 31 |
| 1930 | 32 |
| 1940 | 26 |
| 1950 | 32 |
| 1960 | 34 |
| 1970 | 31 |
| 1980 | 26 |
| 1990 | 23 |
| 2000 | 22 |
| 2010 | 22 |
prop-uh-ZISH-uhn
prah-puh-ZISH-uhn
Earliest known use
Middle English
The earliest known use of the noun proposition is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
OED's earliest evidence for proposition is from before 1382, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version).
proposition is of multiple origins.
Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin.
Etymons:Frenchproposition; Latinprōpositiōn-, prōpositiō.