English Dictionary
◊ PROPOSE
propose
v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something [syn: {suggest},
{advise}]
2: present for consideration [syn: {project}]
3: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: {aim}, {purpose},
{purport}]
4: put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The
President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights
Commission" [syn: {nominate}]
5: ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on
Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had
known for only two months" [syn: {offer}, {pop the
question}, {propose marriage}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PROSE?
PROSE
1. PROblem Solution Engineering. Numerical problems including
differentiation and integration. "Computing in Calculus",
J. Thames, Research/Development 26(5) (May 1975).
2. A constraints-and-sequencing system similar to
Kaleidoscope. "Reflexive Constraints for Dynamic Knowledge
Bases", P. Berlandier et al in Proc First Intl CS Conf '88:
AI: Theory and Appls, Dec 1988.