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propound

/prəˈpaʊnd/

propound verb: to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.

Verb

propound (third-person singular simple present propounds, present participle propounding, simple past and past participle propounded)

  1. (transitive) To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
    • 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

propound meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

propound in Tamil

முன் எடுத்துரை, எடுத்துரை

propound in Urdu

عرضی دینا

propound in Bengali

বিবেচনার্থে পেশ করা, উত্থাপন করা, আলোচনা, বিতর্ক করা

propound in Malayalam

ആലോചനയ്ക്കു വയ്ക്കുക, പ്രതിപാദിക്കുക, നിർദ്ദേശിക്കുക
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propound in Kannada
ಮುಂದಿಡು

Examples of propound in a sentence

  • 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:

Synonyms of propound

All synonyms of propound

Forms of propound

third-person singular presentpropounds
present participlepropounding
past participlepropounded
pastpropounded

Origin of propound

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.

Words formed from propound

Questions about propound

What does propound mean?
Propound means to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
What is propound in Tamil?
Propound in Tamil is முன் எடுத்துரை, எடுத்துரை. See Propound meaning in Tamil.
How do you use propound in a sentence?
Mormon officials declared that the woman, Sonia Johnson, is propounding "false doctrine."
What part of speech is propound?
Propound is a verb.
How do you pronounce propound?
Propound is pronounced /prəˈpaʊnd/.
What is the past tense of propound?
The past tense of propound is propounded.

Words near propound in the dictionary

  1. propositionless
  2. propositions
  3. propositive
  4. propositus
  5. proposituses
  6. propound
  7. propounded
  8. propounder
  9. propounders
  10. propoundest
  11. propoundeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: propound (page history and authors); propound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propound (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propound (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propound (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propound (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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