proposal noun

/prəˈpəʊ.zəl/

/-ˈpoʊ-/ n [C]

Definition

•

a suggestion, sometimes a written one

Congress has rejected the latest economic proposal put forward by the president.

[+ to infinitive] There has been an angry reaction to the government's proposal to reduce unemployment benefit.

Have you read Steve's proposals for the new project?

[+ that] There was anger at the proposal that a UN peacekeeping force should be sent to the area.

•

an offer of marriage

(Definition of proposal noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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