proposition

How To Use proposition In A Sentence

• Finally, in the formation of an opinion as to the abstract preferableness of one course of action over another, or as to the truth or falsehood or right significance of a proposition, the fact that the majority of one's contemporaries lean in the other direction is naught, and no more than dust in the balance. On Compromise
• The second version occurs as Corollary 2 to Proposition 7 and was thought of as a method of expanding solutions of fluxional equations in infinite series.
• Exponible propositions generally break down into elements that are called exponent propositions; they explain or expound what is going on in the exponible proposition. Archive 2005-01-01
• Investments that rely on the misfortune of others or the good will of sharks are a losing proposition in the long term, whatever the quarterly earnings report says.
• Galileo was attracted by the implicit contrast between physical propositions that were demonstrated and those that were merely affirmed.
• In his famous "antinomies", he proved four propositions: first, that the universe is limitless in time and space; second, that matter is composed of simple, indivisible elements; third, that free will is impossible; and fourth, that there must be an absolute or first cause. The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition
• This is the proposition that I hoped the government would deny, or at least remain agnostic about.
• Overall, the ‘strong emotions’ seek out what cannot be put into propositions, or even words: everything that is mysterious and unpresentable.
• The offer of two tickets for the price of one makes it a very attractive proposition .
• Bob Dole, the expected Republican presidential nominee, came out against the proposition Tuesday.