proposed
Americanadjective
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offered or suggested for consideration, acceptance, or action.
Any proposed change to this charter must be noted on the agenda that is sent out for the next scheduled meeting.
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(of a toast) offered.
At the convention reception, the jokingly proposed toast was, "To pure mathematics, and may it never be of any use to anyone!"
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presented or nominated for some position, membership, task, etc..
The letter should describe the purpose of the committee and list all proposed members along with their faculty ranks.
verb
Other Word Forms
- unproposed adjective
Etymology
Origin of proposed
Example Sentences
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Alongside the consultation, pilots will be conducted testing some of the proposed interventions to provide "real-world evidence" of their effectiveness, the government said.
From BBC
Some of Mahmood's other proposed reforms would need to be passed into law following full parliamentary scrutiny and are therefore unlikely to come into force until later this year.
From BBC
On top of that, Mountain Village commissioned a study that proposed raising Horning’s water rates—used for snow-making—by more than 300%.
Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress has proposed holding a high-level investigation into the assets of public office holders since 1991.
From BBC
A widely discussed idea known as iron fertilization proposed that as Antarctica warms and glaciers melt, iron trapped in the ice would be released into nearby waters.
From Science Daily
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