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# propound

«propound» in Mova's school dictionary: **To put forward an idea, theory or question for people to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (propound, propounds, propounded, propounding)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) To put forward an idea, theory or question for people to think about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word used in history of science and exams: scientists propound theories, philosophers propound ideas, people propound riddles.

### examples

- Darwin propounded the theory of evolution by natural selection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#x1)
- The professor propounded a new idea about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#x2)
- She propounded a plan to the school council. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#x3)
- The Hatter propounded a riddle that had no answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#x4)
- He propounded a theory about the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#x5)
- The question was propounded at the meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/propound/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday words: put forward, suggest, propose.

### Trees and pragmatics

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