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Proposition

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Narrower term 22

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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Axiom 76% connected

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer;…

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Breath 76% connected

The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous…

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Converse 76% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Feeler 76% connected

One who, or that which, feels.

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Ghost 76% connected

The spirit; the soul of man.

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Hint 76% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

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Intimation 76% connected

The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

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Lemma 76% connected

A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics o…

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Negation 76% connected

The act of denying; assertion of the nonreality or untruthfulness of anything; declaration that something is not, or has not been, or will not be; de…

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Overture 76% connected

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

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Particular 76% connected

Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual…

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Posit 76% connected

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Presentation 76% connected

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; a setting forth; an offering; bestowal.

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Ratiocination 76% connected

The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.

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Theorem 76% connected

That which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Universal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-…

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Advise 76% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Offering 76% connected

of Offer

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Proposal 76% connected

That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals…

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Propose 76% connected

To set forth.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Derivationally related 4

Propose 74% connected

To set forth.

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Propose 74% connected

To set forth.

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Suggest 74% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Suggest 74% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Component part 1

Term 70% connected

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

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Synonym 3

Proffer 92% connected

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

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Proposal 92% connected

That which is proposed, or propounded for consideration or acceptance; a scheme or design; terms or conditions proposed; offer; as, to make proposals…

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Suggestion 92% connected

The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

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