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propound

/pɹəˈpaʊnd/pruh-POWND
/pɹəˈpaʊnd/pruh-POWND

Meaningto put forward

Common meaning: to put forward for consideration

‘forward’ + ‘to put down, set in place’ → propound

Journey through time

  1. Latinproponere‘to set forth’source
  2. Englishpropone‘to propose’source
  3. Englishpropound‘to put forward for consideration’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pōnō ‘to put down, set in place’.

Roots

Related words

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