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Collocations for proposition - noun

1. arrangement/offer/suggestion

ADJECTIVE

attractive, tempting, win-win
feasible, practical, viable
business, commercial, economic, paying
losing (esp. AmE)

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VERB + proposition

put to sb
Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him.
consider
accept
reject

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2. thing to be done

ADJECTIVE

difficult, tough, tricky
simple
Getting a job is not always a simple proposition.
expensive
all-or-nothing (AmE)
dangerous, dicey (AmE), risky
different
Running the business was one thing. Getting it to make a profit was a different proposition altogether.

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3. idea/opinion

ADJECTIVE

basic, central, fundamental
true
abstract, empirical, existential, general, theoretical
dubious
simple

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… OF PROPOSITIONS

set

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VERB + proposition

advance, express, put forward
test
support

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proposition + VERB

concern sth, relate to sth

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PREPOSITION

proposition about
The book puts forward a number of propositions about the nature of language.

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