| proposal | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ advice | a proposal for an appropriate course of action. |
| ~ counterproposal | a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal. |
| ~ hypothesis | a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations. |
| ~ proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| ~ introduction | a new proposal.; "they resisted the introduction of impractical alternatives" |
| ~ re-introduction | a proposal of something previously rejected.; "they avoided a re-introduction of the old terminology" |
| ~ motion, question | a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote.; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for the question" |
| n. (communication) | 2. marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal, proposal of marriage | an offer of marriage. |
| ~ question | an informal reference to a marriage proposal.; "he was ready to pop the question" |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| n. (communication) | 3. proposal, proposition | the act of making a proposal.; "they listened to her proposal" |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ presentation | the act of presenting a proposal. |
| proposition | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. |
| ~ logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference. |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ particular proposition, particular | (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class. |
| ~ universal proposition, universal | (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class. |
| ~ negation | (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false. |
| ~ converse | a proposition obtained by conversion. |
| ~ lemma | a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. |
| ~ term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition.; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" |
| ~ theorem | a proposition deducible from basic postulates. |
| ~ ratiocination, conclusion | the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism). |
| ~ posit, postulate | (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. |
| ~ axiom | (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident. |
| n. (communication) | 2. proffer, proposition, suggestion | a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection.; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ hint, intimation, breath | an indirect suggestion.; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" |
| ~ touch, trace, ghost | a suggestion of some quality.; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face" |
| ~ feeler, advance, overture, approach | a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others.; "she rejected his advances" |
| n. (communication) | 3. proposition | an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors). |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| n. (act) | 4. proposition | a task to be dealt with.; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition" |
| ~ project, task, undertaking, labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| v. (communication) | 5. proposition | suggest sex to.; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| offer | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. offer, offering | the verbal act of offering.; "a generous offer of assistance" |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| n. (communication) | 2. offer, offering | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ contract offer | offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate. |
| ~ marriage offer, marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, proposal | an offer of marriage. |
| ~ proposition | an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors). |
| ~ counteroffer | an offer made by someone who has rejected a prior offer. |
| ~ bid, tender | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price. |
| ~ prospectus | a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise.; "a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision" |
| ~ tender offer | an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both. |
| ~ reward | the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property. |
| ~ rights issue, rights offering | an offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later.; "the investment banker who handles a rights offering usually agrees to buy any shares not bought by shareholders" |
| ~ special | a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising.; "they are having a special on pork chops" |
| ~ olive branch, peace offering | something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace. |
| ~ twofer | an offer of two for the price of one. |
| n. (act) | 3. crack, fling, go, offer, pass, whirl | a usually brief attempt.; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" |
| ~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" |
| v. (possession) | 4. offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish.; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" |
| ~ accost, solicit, hook | approach with an offer of sexual favors.; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (possession) | 5. offer, proffer | present for acceptance or rejection.; "She offered us all a cold drink" |
| ~ give | proffer (a body part).; "She gave her hand to her little sister" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ tender | make a tender of; in legal settlements. |
| v. (social) | 6. offer, volunteer | agree freely.; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. offer | put forward for consideration.; "He offered his opinion" |
| ~ propose, project | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" |
| v. (possession) | 8. extend, offer | offer verbally.; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" |
| ~ pay, give | convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow.; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention" |
| ~ extend, offer | make available; provide.; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" |
| v. (possession) | 9. offer | make available for sale.; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week" |
| ~ put up | make available for sale at an auction.; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction" |
| ~ market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of.; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" |
| v. (possession) | 10. bid, offer, tender | propose a payment.; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" |
| ~ auction sale, vendue, auction | the public sale of something to the highest bidder. |
| ~ bargain, dicker | negotiate the terms of an exchange.; "We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar" |
| ~ by-bid | bid on behalf of someone else. |
| ~ subscribe | offer to buy, as of stocks and shares.; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" |
| ~ overbid | bid more than the object is worth. |
| ~ underbid | bid too low. |
| ~ outbid | bid higher than others. |
| ~ underbid | bid lower than a competing bidder. |
| v. (perception) | 11. offer | produce or introduce on the stage.; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month" |
| ~ bring on, bring out, produce | bring onto the market or release.; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" |
| v. (stative) | 12. offer, offer up | present as an act of worship.; "offer prayers to the gods" |
| ~ sacrifice | make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals. |
| ~ worship | attend religious services.; "They worship in the traditional manner" |
| v. (social) | 13. offer, provide, put up | mount or put up.; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" |
| ~ wage, engage | carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns).; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" |
| v. (possession) | 14. extend, offer | make available; provide.; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" |
| ~ offer, extend | offer verbally.; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (communication) | 15. declare oneself, offer, pop the question, propose | 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" |
| ~ request | ask (a person) to do something.; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" |
| v. (communication) | 16. offer | threaten to do something.; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal" |
| ~ threaten | to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:.; "He threatened me when I tried to call the police" |
| proffer | | |
| propose | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. advise, propose, suggest | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| ~ advocate, recommend, urge | push for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| ~ advance, throw out | bring forward for consideration or acceptance.; "advance an argument" |
| ~ proposition | suggest sex to.; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party" |
| ~ feed back | respond to a query or outcome. |
| ~ put forward, posit, state, submit | put before.; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" |
| ~ make a motion, move | propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting. |
| ~ declare | state emphatically and authoritatively.; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. project, propose | present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc..; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" |
| ~ plan | make plans for something.; "He is planning a trip with his family" |
| ~ offer | put forward for consideration.; "He offered his opinion" |
| ~ introduce | put before (a body).; "introduce legislation" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. aim, propose, purport, purpose | propose or intend.; "I aim to arrive at noon" |
| ~ intend, mean, think | have in mind as a purpose.; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" |
| v. (social) | 4. nominate, propose | put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position.; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission" |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ nominate, put forward, put up | propose as a candidate for some honor. |
| tender | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. legal tender, stamp, tender | something that can be used as an official medium of payment. |
| ~ medium of exchange, monetary system | anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region. |
| ~ food stamp | a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food. |
| n. (person) | 2. attendant, attender, tender | someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another. |
| ~ companion | one paid to accompany or assist or live with another. |
| ~ assistant, helper, help, supporter | a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" |
| ~ baggageman | an attendant who takes care of baggage. |
| ~ batman | an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer. |
| ~ bellboy, bellhop, bellman | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels. |
| ~ bridesmaid, maid of honor | an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding. |
| ~ caddie, golf caddie | an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player. |
| ~ checker | an attendant who checks coats or baggage. |
| ~ courtier | an attendant at the court of a sovereign. |
| ~ cupbearer | the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine. |
| ~ equerry | a personal attendant of the British royal family. |
| ~ escort | an attendant who is employed to accompany someone. |
| ~ esquire | (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood. |
| ~ famulus | a close attendant (as to a scholar). |
| ~ gillie | a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief. |
| ~ groomsman | a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding. |
| ~ lifeguard, lifesaver | an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents. |
| ~ linkboy, linkman | (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets. |
| ~ loader | an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game. |
| ~ matron of honor | a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding. |
| ~ hospital attendant, orderly | a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients. |
| ~ orderly | a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer.; "the orderly laid out the general's uniform" |
| ~ varlet, page | in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood. |
| ~ page | a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings. |
| ~ racker | an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack. |
| ~ rocker | an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle. |
| ~ second | the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match. |
| ~ servitor | someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else. |
| ~ squire | young nobleman attendant on a knight. |
| ~ gallant, squire | a man who attends or escorts a woman. |
| ~ flight attendant, steward | an attendant on an airplane. |
| ~ litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer | one who helps carry a stretcher. |
| ~ trainbearer | one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion. |
| ~ arouser, rouser, waker | someone who rouses others from sleep. |
| n. (communication) | 3. bid, tender | a formal proposal to buy at a specified price. |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ overbid | a bid that is higher than preceding bids. |
| ~ buyout bid | a bid to buy all of a person's holdings. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. tender | car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water. |
| ~ railcar, railroad car, railway car, car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad.; "three cars had jumped the rails" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. cutter, pinnace, ship's boat, tender | a boat for communication between ship and shore. |
| ~ boat | a small vessel for travel on water. |
| ~ gig | tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. supply ship, tender | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships. |
| ~ ship | a vessel that carries passengers or freight. |
| v. (possession) | 7. tender | offer or present for acceptance. |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| v. (possession) | 8. tender | make a tender of; in legal settlements. |
| ~ proffer, offer | present for acceptance or rejection.; "She offered us all a cold drink" |
| v. (change) | 9. tender, tenderise, tenderize | make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.; "tenderize meat" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| adj. | 10. tender | given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality.; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother" |
| ~ soft | compassionate and kind; conciliatory.; "he was soft on his children" |
| ~ protective | showing care.; "a protective mother" |
| ~ sentimental | given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. |
| adj. | 11. raw, sensitive, sore, tender | hurting.; "the tender spot on his jaw" |
| ~ painful | causing physical or psychological pain.; "worked with painful slowness" |
| adj. | 12. tender | young and immature.; "at a tender age" |
| ~ young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth.; "young people" |
| adj. | 13. affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm | having or displaying warmth or affection.; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace" |
| ~ loving | feeling or showing love and affection.; "loving parents"; "loving glances" |
| adj. | 14. tender | easy to cut or chew.; "tender beef" |
| ~ comestible, eatable, edible | suitable for use as food. |
| ~ chewable, cuttable | easy to cut or chew. |
| ~ crispy, crisp | tender and brittle.; "crisp potato chips" |
| ~ flakey, flaky | made of or easily forming flakes. |
| ~ tenderised, tenderized | made tender as by marinating or pounding.; "tenderized meat" |
| adj. | 15. tender, untoughened | physically untoughened.; "tender feet" |
| ~ weak | wanting in physical strength.; "a weak pillar" |
| ~ delicate, soft | easily hurt.; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin" |
| adj. | 16. crank, cranky, tender, tippy | (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail. |
| ~ boat | a small vessel for travel on water. |
| ~ unstable | lacking stability or fixity or firmness.; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" |
| adj. | 17. tender | (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition.; "tender green shoots" |
| ~ plant life, flora, plant | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. |
| ~ delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury.; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly" |
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