Usually means: Suggest or present for consideration.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word propose:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. propose: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. propose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. propose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. propose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. propose: Vocabulary.com
  6. Propose, propose: Wordnik
  7. propose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. propose: Wiktionary
  9. propose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. propose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. propose: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Propose, propose: Dictionary.com
  13. propose: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. propose: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Propose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Propose: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. propose: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. propose: Rhymezone
  19. propose: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. propose: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. propose: Free Dictionary
  22. propose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. propose: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. propose: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. propose: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. propose: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Propose: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.
verb:  (intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
verb:  (transitive) To intend.
verb:  (obsolete) To talk; to converse.
verb:  (obsolete) To set forth.
noun:  (obsolete) An objective or aim.

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