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propound en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /prəˈpaʊnd/

Etymology

From the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin prōpōnere (“to put forward”), from prō- (“before”) + pōnere (“to put”). Doublet of propose. Compare expound.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
   • Summarizing the history of the immigration debates in the U.S., Kaufmann sees in Bourne and his followers many of the same arguments advanced today by proponents of liberal immigration laws, who, he says, encourage racial minorities to celebrate their culture while propounding anti-racist norms that discourage whites from doing the same. 2019 May 4, Theodore Kuper, “Whiteshift: Identity Politics in an Era of Demographic Change”, in National Review:
   • A Mormon tribunal will try a woman whose national campaign in support of the Equal Rights Amendment is said to be undermining the church. Mormon officials declared that the woman, Sonia Johnson, is propounding "false doctrine." 1979 December 1, “Mormon Tribunal To Try Feminist”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 2:
   • Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 243b:
   • Today I'll expound at length the theory that I propounded last year.
   • “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.” 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 11:

Forms

Coordinates

profess · exhort

Deriveds

unpropounded · propounder · propoundment

Relateds

propose · proponent · propone

Synonyms

moot · advance · produce · put forward · propose · offer · put forth

Translations (21)

fi esittää (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · bg предлагам за разглеждане (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · de vorlegen (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · uk пропонувати (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · de vorschlagen (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · fr proposer (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · pl postulować (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · pt propor (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · cmn 提出 (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · fi ehdottaa (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · es proponer (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · cs navrhnout (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · sh proponirati (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · bg излагам (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · cs přednést (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · sv lägga fram (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · uk висувати (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · no framlegge (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · sh predložiti (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · cs předložit (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) · no framsette (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate)