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PROPOUNDED

Definition: PROPOUNDED

PROPOUNDED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Propound

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PROPOUNDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Crosswords: PROPOUNDED

English words defined with "PROPOUNDED": Grimm's lawTellurism. (references)
Specialty definitions using "PROPOUNDED": Cui bono?Lacey's formula. (references)
Etymologies containing "PROPOUNDED": Tellurism. (references)

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Commercial Usage: PROPOUNDED

DomainTitle

Books

  • Certain Queries Propounded to the Consideration of Such As Were Intended for the Service of Ireland (reference)

  • Division and Logos: A Theory of Equivalent Couples and Sets of Integers, Propounded by Euclid in the Arithmetical Books of the Elements (Acta histori (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: PROPOUNDED

AuthorDateQuotation

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Argument was heard in the 1952 Term, and reargument was heard this Term on certain questions propounded by the Court [347 U.S. 483, 489]. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: PROPOUNDED

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

They found Balbus waiting dinner for them, and to him Hugh at once propounded his difficulty.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

All the problems which the socialists propounded, aside from the cosmogonic visions, dreams, and mysticism, may be reduced to two principal problems.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: PROPOUNDED

"PROPOUNDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 54.55% of the time. "PROPOUNDED" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)54.55%3063,341
Lexical Verb (past tense)45.45%2569,787
                    Total100.00%55N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PROPOUNDED

Language Translations for "PROPOUNDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

提议 (Offer, Propose, Proposed, Proposing, Proposition, Propound, Propounding, submission). (various references)

   

German

  

legte vor. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

opoundedpray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: PROPOUNDED

Misspellings

"PROPOUNDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: propounder. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "PROPOUNDED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "PROPOUNDED" (pronounced prupou"ndud)
6-p ou" n d u dcompounded, expounded, impounded, pounded.
5-ou" n d u dabounded, astounded, bounded, confounded, founded, grounded, hounded, rebounded, rounded, sounded, surrounded, unbounded, unfounded.
4-n d u damended, appended, apprehended, ascended, attended, backhanded, banded, befriended, bended, blended, blinded, bonded, branded, candid, commanded, commended, comprehended, contended, corresponded, defended, demanded, depended, descended, disbanded, distended, dumbfounded, ended, evenhanded, expanded, expended, extended, fended, funded, handed, intended, landed, masterminded, mended, minded, offended, overextended, overfunded, pretended, recommended, refunded, remanded, reminded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, sanded, seconded, splendid, stranded, suspended, tended, transcended, trended, unamended, unattended, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unfunded, unintended, winded, wounded.
3-d u dabided, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, applauded, avoided, awarded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, beheaded, bladed, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, braided, breaded, broadsided, brooded, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, conceded, concluded, confided, corded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defrauded, degraded, deluded, denuded, derided, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, eluded, embedded, encoded, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, exceeded, excluded, exploded, extruded, exuded, faded, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, guarded, guided, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, included, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, melded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, outmoded, overcrowded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, prided, proceeded, prodded, provided, raided, railroaded, receded, recorded, redheaded, regarded, reloaded, remolded, resided, retarded, rewarded, safeguarded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, spearheaded, speeded, stampeded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, threaded, traded, unaided, undecided, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, wooded, worded, wrongheaded, yielded.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: PROPOUNDED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-n-o-o-p-p-r-u"

-2 letters: proponed, propound.

-3 letters: drooped, dropped, endopod, pounded, pounder, propend, propone, redound, rounded, underdo, unroped.

-4 letters: droned, dupped, durned, enduro, nodder, odored, operon, ponded, ponder, pooped, poured, pruned, rouped, undoer, uropod.

-5 letters: donor, doped, doper, drone, droop, drupe, duped, duper, dured, nuder, odder, odeon, odour, pedro, perdu, pored, porno, pound, prone, proud, prude, prune, redon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Historic
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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