propound
verb/prəˈpaʊnd/
/prəˈpaʊnd/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they propound | /prəˈpaʊnd/ /prəˈpaʊnd/ |
| he / she / it propounds | /prəˈpaʊndz/ /prəˈpaʊndz/ |
| past simple propounded | /prəˈpaʊndɪd/ /prəˈpaʊndɪd/ |
| past participle propounded | /prəˈpaʊndɪd/ /prəˈpaʊndɪd/ |
| -ing form propounding | /prəˈpaʊndɪŋ/ /prəˈpaʊndɪŋ/ |
- propound something to suggest an idea or explanation of something for people to consider synonym propose, put forward
- the theory of natural selection, first propounded by Charles Darwin
- Keynes propounded the idea of demand-led growth.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: alteration of archaic propone, from Latin proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’. The addition of the final -d can be compared with that in expound and compound.Definitions on the go
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