to consider a proposal

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• consider — verb (considered; considering) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French considerer, from Latin considerare to observe, think about, from com + sider , sidus heavenly body Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to think about carefully: as …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• proposal — pro‧pos‧al [prəˈpəʊzl ǁ ˈpoʊ ] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a plan or idea which is suggested formally to an official person, or when this is done: • The President is facing a battle to get Congress to accept his budget proposals. • I made a …   Financial and business terms

• consider — 1 Consider, study, contemplate, weigh, excogitate are comparable chiefly as transitive verbs meaning to fix the mind for a time on something in order to increase one s knowledge or understanding of it or to solve a problem involved in it.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• proposal — n. 1) to make, present, put forth, put forward a proposal 2) to accept, adopt a proposal 3) to consider, entertain; receive a proposal 4) to kill (colloq.), reject, turn down a proposal 5) a concrete proposal 6) a proposal falls through 7) a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• proposal — noun 1 plan ADJECTIVE ▪ concrete ▪ detailed ▪ draft ▪ Under the draft proposals, the Commission will be significantly strengthened. ▪ controversial …   Collocations dictionary

• Proposal for the Province of Toronto — Province of Toronto redirects here. For Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province, see List of Roman Catholic dioceses in North America. A map of the Greater Toronto Area with the City of Toronto and the four surrounding regional municipalities. The …   Wikipedia

• proposal */*/*/ — UK [prəˈpəʊz(ə)l] / US [prəˈpoʊz(ə)l] noun Word forms proposal : singular proposal plural proposals 1) a) [countable] a plan or suggestion, especially a formal one that a group has to consider proposal for: Proposals for a new constitution are… …   English dictionary

• proposal — pro|pos|al [ prə pouzl ] noun *** 1. ) count a plan or suggestion, especially a formal one that a group has to consider: Proposals for a new constitution are under discussion. a proposal to do something: the latest proposal to impose a new tax on …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• consider — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully, seriously, strongly (AmE) ▪ I m seriously considering the possibility of emigrating. ▪ I was strongly considering leaving her on her own. ▪ briefly …   Collocations dictionary

• A Modest Proposal — for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick,[1] commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and… …   Wikipedia

• Royal veto of the appointment of bishops — A proposed Royal veto of the appointment of bishops was a contentious topic in the politics of the United Kingdom, in the period 1808 to 1829. According to the proposal, any restoration of the full episcopal hierarchy of the Catholic Church, in… …   Wikipedia