1. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something
   "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax";
   - suggest, advise
    
2. Present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.
   "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity";
   - project
    
3. Have as a plan or objective
   "I propose to arrive at noon";
   - aim, purpose, purport, intend
    
4. Put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honour or position
   "The President proposed her as head of the Civil Rights Commission";
   - nominate
    
5. Formally express a marriage proposal
   "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months";
   - declare oneself, pop the question [informal]

Derived forms: proposes, proposing, proposed

Type of: choose, declare, intend, mean, pick out, plan, pronounce, request, select, take, think

Encyclopedia: Propose