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# proposal

«proposal» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plan or idea that you put forward for others to think…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a proposal, proposals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A proposal is a plan or idea that you put forward for others to think about and agree to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#m1)

2) A proposal is when someone asks another person to marry them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#m2)

3) (formal) A proposal is a written plan, for example asking for money or permission. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school councils, pupils make proposals (e.g. a longer break). In stories and films, a marriage proposal often involves kneeling with a ring. In grown-up life, people write proposals for projects. Phrases: «make a proposal», «accept/reject a proposal», «a marriage proposal».

### examples

- Our class council made a proposal for a new bike shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x1)
- He made a proposal on the beach and she said yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x2)
- The teacher liked my proposal for a science project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x3)
- The council rejected the proposal to close the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x4)
- Write a short proposal explaining your idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x5)
- The proposal was voted on by the whole school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x6)
- The king listened to this proposal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/#x7)

### note

Verb: propose. Countable. «Proposal» is a suggestion, not a decision — it still has to be agreed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «proposal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proposal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.