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Definition: Proposition |
PropositionNoun1. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. 2. A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection. 3. The act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal". Verb1. Suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "proposition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Proposition \Prop`o*si"tion\, noun. [Latin expression propositio: compare to the French expression proposition. See Propound.]. (references) |
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Computing | A statement(in logic)that can be true or false. Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Proposal, Proposition. A proposition implies consideration or discussion; a proposal contemplates acceptance or rejection. "Your proposition to build our new warehouse has received favorable consideration, and we are ready to receive your proposals." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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In mathematics, an open sentence is a sentence in which there are specific numbers which, when used to replace the variables, will allow the resulting expression to evaluate to true. Such replacements are known as solutions to the sentence. An identity is an open sentence for which every number is a solution.Examples of open sentences include:
Example 4 is an identity. Examples 1, 3, and 4 are equations, while example 2 is an inequality.
- 3x - 9 = 21, whose only solution for x is 10;
- 4x + 3 > 9, whose solutions for x are all numbers greater than 3/2;
- x + y = 0, whose solutions for x and y are all pairss of numbers that are additive inversess;
- 3x + 9 = 3(x + 3), whose solutions for x are all numbers.
Every open sentence must have (usually implicitly) a universe of discourse describing which numbers are under consideration as solutions. For instance, one might consider all real numbers or only integers. For example, in example 2 above, 5/2 is a solution if the universe of discourse is all real numbers, but not if the universe of discourse is only integers. In that case, only the integers greater than 3/2 are solutions: 2, 3, 4, and so on. On the other hand, if the universe of discourse consists of all complex numbers, then example 2 doesn't even make sense (although the other examples do). An identity is only required to hold for the numbers in its universe of discourse.
This same universe of discourse can be used to describe the solutions to the open sentence in symbolic logic using universal quantification. For example, the solution to example 2 above can be specified as:
Here, the phrase "for all" implicitly requires a universe of discourse to specify which mathematical objects are "all" the possibilities for x.
- For all x, 4x + 3 > 9 if and only if x > 3/2.
The idea can even be generalised to situations where the variables don't refer to numbers at all, as in a functional equation. For example of this, consider
which says that f(x) * f(x) = f(x) for every value of x. If the universe of discourse consists of all functions from the real line R to itself, then the solutions for f are all functions whose only values are one and zero. But if the universe of discourse consists of all continuous functions from R to itself, then the solutions for f are only the constant functions with value one or zero.
- f * f = f,
See also: compound sentence
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Open sentence."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In modern logic, a proposition is what is asserted as the result of uttering a sentence. In other words, it is the meaning of the sentence, rather than the sentence itself. Different sentences can express the same proposition, if they have the same meaning. A proposition is sometimes called a closed sentence, to distinguish it from an open sentence, or predicate.In Aristotelian logic a proposition is a particular kind of sentence, one which affirms or denies a predicate of a subject, and thus asserts something true or false. Propositions fall unto three classes. Universal propositions, such as "all men are mortal" affirm or deny the predicate mortal of the "whole of" their subject, i.e. the entire class of things that the subject applies to. Particular propositionss, such as "some men are mortal" affirm or deny the predicate of only part of the subject. Singular propositions, such as "Socrates is a man" present a difficulty. Usually they were regarded as a universal proposition, since they can only be true of a single object, and thus true of all the objects (one) they possibly can be true of. On the other hand, "they are in truth the most limited kind of particular propositions".
See also: symbolic logic
In many U.S. states, a proposition is a ballot measure consisting of a statute or constitutional amendment "proposed" to the voters for their approval. It can take the form of an initiative or referendum. For example, see the list of California ballot propositions.
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Synonyms: PropositionSynonyms: proffer (n), proposal (n), suggestion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Idea | Subject, subject matter; matter, theme, gr/noemata/gr, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem; (question). |
Offer | Noun: offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture; proposal, proposition; motion, invitation; candidature; offering; (gift). |
Plan | Noun: plan, scheme, design, project; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, motion; precaution; (provision); deep-laid plan; (premeditated); |
Reasoning, | Verb: judge intuitively, judge by intuition; hazard a proposition, hazard a guess, talk at random. |
Argument; case, plaidoyer, opening; lemma, proposition, terms, premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference; (judgment). | |
Request | Motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition. |
Supposition | Noun: supposition, assumption, assumed position, postulation, condition, presupposition, hypothesis, blue sky hypothesis, postulate, postulatum, theory; thesis, theorem; data; proposition, position; proposal; (plan); presumption; (belief); divination. |
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Screenplays | Does this proposition entail my dressing up as Little Bo Peep (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman) Seems a sound proposition. What brought you here (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman) I'm gonna propose you a proposition! (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) That's the most nauseating proposition I ever had. (A Day at the Races; writing credit: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Safe Proposition (1932) Life's a Funny Proposition (1919) A Safe Proposition (1916) Dangerous Proposition (1998) The 101st Proposition (1994) | |
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 | The church was a hard proposition, and it was some time before we made progress against it. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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John Locke | One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. |
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Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | It is a proposition too plain to be contested, that the constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it; or, that the legislature may alter the constitution by an ordinary act. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. (The Gettysburg Address) |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The proposition and demonstration were fairly written on a thin wafer, with ink composed of a cephalic tincture |
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Business | As a pure cost without a useful end or by-product, battery recycling will not voluntarily be undertaken in the UK. The battery industry is of the view, however, that local recycling will become a more commercial proposition when mixed battery feedstock becomes mercury-free, and the recent adoption of lower mercury tolerances across the EU will hasten this prospect. (references) | |
Economic History | Switzerland | Swiss voters rejected UN membership by a 3-to-1 margin in 1986 but will vote on it again in March 2002. The electorate also rejected a government proposition to deploy Swiss troops as UN peacekeepers (Blue Helmets) in 1994 but Switzerland joined NATO's Partnership for Peace and the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and deployed Yellow Berets to support the OSCE in Bosnia. (references) |
Latvia | A large number of ethnic Russians also voted for the proposition. (references) | |
Kyrgyzstan | Wool, leather, and silk also are major products, and much of the industrial sector is devoted to agroprocessing, the most attractive proposition for foreign investors. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Norway | A Government-appointed committee with representatives from all employer organizations and employee unions--created to examine the practice of using compulsory arbitration in especially difficult labor conflicts--presented its proposal on April 1. Its main proposition was to introduce a mechanism to require employee unions to vote on solutions offered by the arbitration tribunal in order to reach agreements in wage negotiations. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CONTROVERSY, n. A battle in which spittle or ink replaces the injurious cannon-ball and the inconsiderate bayonet. In controversy with the facile tongue -- That bloodless warfare of the old and young -- So seek your adversary to engage That on himself he shall exhaust his rage, And, like a snake that's fastened to the ground, With his own fangs inflict the fatal wound. You ask me how this miracle is done? Adopt his own opinions, one by one, And taunt him to refute them; in his wrath He'll sweep them pitilessly from his path. Advance then gently all you wish to prove, Each proposition prefaced with, "As you've So well remarked," or, "As you wisely say, And I cannot dispute," or, "By the way, This view of it which, better far expressed, Runs through your argument." Then leave the rest To him, secure that he'll perform his trust And prove your views intelligent and just. Conmore Apel Brune |
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Richard Armey | We could have done more. We should have done more. But Tom Daschle was dedicated to the proposition that he should never do more than the least he should. And we just simply couldn't get more past the Senate. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | There are several lesser cases enumerated in my proposition, in which I wish also to see some alteration take place. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | By this act a proposition was made to all nations to place our commerce with each on a basis which it was presumed would be acceptable to all. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | To collect it merely for distribution to the States would seem to be highly impolitic, if not as dangerous as the proposition to retain it in the Treasury. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 1869-1877 | I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interest of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned that the proposition should be received favorably. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | The proposition is usually linked with one to make the secondary boycott lawful. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | One proposition is that lasting peace requires genuine understanding and active cooperation among the most powerful nations. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | From that simple proposition, he shaped the New Deal, which helped restore our nation to prosperity and defined the relationship between Americans and their government for half a century. |
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| "Proposition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.57% of the time. "Proposition" is used about 1,394 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.57% | 1,388 | 5,768 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.36% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,394 | N/A |
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Expressions using "proposition": business proposition ♦ Discretive proposition ♦ Disjunctive proposition ♦ hazard a proposition ♦ Incident proposition ♦ Indefinite proposition ♦ Leaves of proposition ♦ main proposition ♦ paying proposition ♦ pythagorean proposition ♦ singular proposition ♦ universal proposition. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "proposition": proposition-based. | |
Ending with "proposition": counter-proposition. | |
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| Language | Translations for "proposition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | propozim (call, motion, nomination, offer, offering, proposal, suggestion, tender), problem (affair, business, concern, issue, knot, problem, question), pohim (admission, affirmation, assertion, averment, avowal, claim, confession, confirmation, contention, corroboration, maintenance, predicate, predication, reassurance, showing, testimony), teoremë (theorem), sugjerim (cue, indoctrination, inspiration, pointer, proposal, suggestion), ofertë (bidding, proposal, supply, tender). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهد للجنس (advance, try), مسألة (affair, case, issue, matter, problem, question, thing), إفتراض (assumption, guess, hypothesis, postulate, presumption, presupposition, supposition), إقتراح (feeler, instance, motion, offer, offering, proposal, suggestion, vote), إقترح (approach, hold out, offer, propose, put, slate, submit, suggest, vote). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | работа (affair, avocation, berth, billet, business, char, concern, dealings, do, employ, employment, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, lay, line, matter, occasions, occupation, operation, part, performance, place, ploy, proceedings, run, running, service, shebang, shop, show, situation, thing, undertaking, work, working, workmanship), твърдение (affirmation, allegation, assertion, averment, claim, contention, contestation, position, predication, statement), теорема (theorem), задача (mission, problem, undertaking), проект (blueprint, contemplation, design, device, draft, draught, project, scheme), предприятие (development, outfit, show), изречение (sentence), изказване (deliverance, disclosure, observation, outgiving, pronouncement, utterance). (various references) | |
Chinese | 提议 (Offer, Propose, Proposed, Proposing, Propound, Propounded, Propounding, submission), 主張 (position, stand, to advocate, to stand for, view, viewpoint). (various references) | |
Czech | problém (challenge, crux, headache, issue, problem, question, snag), tvrzení (affirmation, allegation, assertion, claim, contention, predicament, predication, say so, statement, thesis), nabídka (bid, offer, offering, overture, proposal, quotation, quote, tender). (various references) | |
Danish | proposition, udsagn. (various references) | |
Dutch | propositie, uitspraak (adjudication, decision, declaration, proclamation, pronunciation, statement, verdict), stelling (essay, sentence, theorem, thesis). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشنهادکردن به , مقصود (Design, Drift, Idea, Innuendo, Purpose, Sentiment, Significance), موضوع (Head, Issue, Motif, Object, Point, Problem, Question, Subject, Text, Theme, Topic), کار (Act, Activity, Affair, Appointment, Avocation, Deed, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Vocation, Work, Workmanship), قیاس منطقی (Postulate, Syllogism), قضیه (Case, Clause, Theorem, Thesis), دعوت بمقاربت جنسی کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | propositio, väittämä (theorem), väitelmä (thesis), tarjous (bid, offer, proposal, tender), ehdotus (motion, proposal, suggestion). (various references) | |
French | proposition (presentation, proposal). (various references) | |
German | Vorschlag (advice, offer, proposal, recommendation, suggestion), satz (allowance, bolt, bound, charge, clause, dart, dregs, game, grounds, hop, jerk, jump, kit, leap, leaves, matter, movement, nest, phrase, pounce, rate, record, sediment, sentence, set, setting, spring, theorem, type), lehrsatz (dogma, theorem), aussage (argument, attestation, declaration, evidence, message, opinion, predicate, predication, report, statement, testimony). (various references) | |
Greek | πρόταση (clause, motion, offer, overture, premise, proposal, second, sentence, suggestion). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "צע" (bed making, offer, offering, presentation, proposal, suggestion, tender), טע " (argument, assertion, claim, plea, pleading). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vállalkozás (enterprise, expedience, expediency, task, undertaking, venture), javaslat (advice, motion, pointer, project, proposal, recommendation, suggestion), probléma (controversy, problem, question, stickler), indítvány (motion, proposal), feladat (assignment, challenge, commitment, duty, function, job, lesson, mission, objective, project, role, scheme, target, task), ügy (affair, business, business deal, case, case at issue, cause, go, issue, it is a case in point, matter, proceeding, shebang, thing, to come out badly of an affair). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dalil (argumentation, postulate, tenet). (various references) | |
Italian | proposizione (clause, sentence). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 進信, "し入れ (notice, offer, proposal, report), "入 (notice, offer, proposal, report), 提案 (proposal, suggestion), 提案 (proposal, suggestion), 定理 (theorem), 建議案 , 建議 (motion, proposal, suggestion), 命題 (thesis). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | めい い (Meiji University, Nagoya University, thesis), もうしいれ (notice, offer, proposal, report), け"ぎあ", け"ぎ (aversion, dislike, motion, prefectural assembly, proposal, suggestion, suspicion), ていり (court attendant or clerk, low interest, theorem), ていあ" (proposal, suggestion). (various references) | |
Korean | 건의안. (various references) | |
Manx | treealtys (motion, proposal), keisht (issue, issue of law, problem, puzzle, question). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | opositionpray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | proposição (clause, sentence). (various references) | |
Romanian | propunere (call, motion, offer, offering, proffer, proposal, recommendation, suggestion, tender), treabã (affair, affairs, business, concern, employment, engagement, job, matter, occasion, palaver, pidgin, task, work), teoremã (theorem), ofertã (bid, offer, offering, proffer, proposal, supply, tender), declaraţie (affidavit, announcement, declaration, dictum, proclamation, pronouncement, return, statement, testimony, utterance), afirmaţie (affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, assurance, contention, predication, say, saying, statement). (various references) | |
Russian | предложение (isolated sentence, marriage proposal, offer, offering, proposal, sentence, suggestion, suggestion that, tender, theorem). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | propozicija, predlog (motion, preposition, proposal, suggestion). (various references) | |
Spanish | proposición (design, motion, offer, overture, presentation, proposal, resolution, suggestion, tender). (various references) | |
Swedish | sats (batch, clause, dose, feed, jism, movement, rate, run, sentence, set, take off, theorem, thesis, type). (various references) | |
Turkish | plan (arrangement, blue print, chart, conspectus, design, idea, intention, layout, map, plan, plot, program, programme, project, proposal, scheme, set up), uygunsuz teklifte bulunmak, uygunsuz teklif, teklif etmek (hold forth, move, offer, proffer, propose, propound, suggest, tender), teklif (bargain, bid, motion, offer, offering, overture, proffer, proposal, resolution, suggestion, tender), sorun (case, cause, difficulty, funeral, grievance, hangup, hurdle, ill, issue, knot, look out, packet, problem, question, trouble), sav (allegation, assertion, contention, position, pretension, thesis), mesele (affair, business, business deal, case, crux, hangup, issue, matter, point, problem, question, Res, shebang, topic), ifade (declaration, denotation, deposition, enunciation, evidence, expression, import, locution, phrase, recital, recital of fact, signification, statement, term, utterance, voice), iş teklifi, cümle (clause, sentence), önerme (proposal, suggestion, thesis, vote), öneri (intimation, offer, overture, proffer, proposal, suggestion, tender, tip). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | судження (advice, assertion, assessment, censure, estimation, judgement, judgment, verdict), справа (act, affair, biz, brief, business, case, cause, deed, discipline, employ, enterprise, nevermind, point, shebang, thing, transaction), твердження (affirmation, affirmative, assertion, averment, claim, contention, predicate, predication, representation), теорема (prop, theorem), захід (decline, occident), пропозиція (offer, offering, proffer, proposal, question), план (blueprint, chart, dart, delineation, design, device, idea, layout, map, outline, plan, plot, program, programme, project, proposal, scheme). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vấn đề (point), triển vọng (perspective, vista), mục tiêu (aim, goal, objective), lời đề nghị (offer), kế hoạch (project), dự kiến đề ra lời tuyên bố, đề xuất (proponent). (various references) | |
Welsh | gosodiad (thesis). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coniuncta, coniuncti, propositio, thesis. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "proposition": propositional, propositioned, propositioning, propositions. (additional references) | |
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"Proposition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: propesition, propisition, proporsition, propositio, prposition. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "proposition" (pronounced prÄ'puzi"shun) |
| 8 | -Ä' p u z i" sh u n | opposition. |
| 7 | -p u z i" sh u n | composition, deposition, disposition, exposition, imposition, juxtaposition, position, predisposition, presupposition, reimposition, reposition, supposition. |
| 6 | -u z i" sh u n | acquisition, inquisition, physician, requisition. |
| 5 | -z i" sh u n | decomposition, musician, transition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | fission, academician, abolition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, coalition, cognition, commission, competition, condition, contrition, decommission, definition, demolition, dentition, dietitian, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, extradition, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, inhibition, intermission, intuition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, politician, precondition, preignition, premonition, prohibition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, remission, rendition, repetition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: opposition. | |
-2 letters: propositi. | |
-3 letters: portions, position, positron, sorption. | |
-4 letters: ironist, nitroso, options, portion, potions, protons, ripstop, topspin, torsion, tropins. | |
-5 letters: intros, nitros, option, orison, orpins, pinots, pintos, pipits, piston, pitons, points, poison, pooris, pornos, postin, potion, prints, prions, prison, pronto, prosit, proton, ripost, spinor, spinto, spirit, sprint, tripos, troops, tropin. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-n-o-o-o-p-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: propositions. | |
+2 letters: disproportion, propositional, propositioned. | |
+3 letters: disproportions, propositioning. | |
+4 letters: apolipoproteins, disproportional, disproportioned, proprioceptions. | |
+5 letters: disproportionate, disproportioning, photorespiration. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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