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Verb propose has 5 senses
- propose, suggest, advise - make a proposal, declare a plan for something
--1 is one way to declare
Sample sentences:
They propose him to write the letter
They propose to move
- project, propose - present for consideration
--2 is one way to plan
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- aim, purpose, purport, propose - propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon"
--3 is one way to intend, mean, think
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- nominate, propose - put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"
--4 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
- propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question - ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"
--5 is one way to request
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody
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