propose
/prəˈpoʊz/ v (SUGGEST)Definition
› to suggest or state (a possible plan or action) for consideration: [+ to infinitive] She proposed to keep the schools open all summer. [+ that clause] It has often been proposed that the president be elected by direct popular vote. › If you propose to someone, you ask that person to marry you: [I] She felt sure he was going to propose.
(Definition of propose v (SUGGEST) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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