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propound

verb

NAmE//prəˈpaʊnd//

propound something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they propound

he / she / it propounds

past simple propounded

-ing form propounding

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to suggest an idea or explanation of something for people to consider synonym propose synonym put forward the theory of natural selection, first propounded by Charles Darwin

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