- proposal - something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
--1 has particulars:advice; counterproposal; hypothesis; suggestion, proposition, proffer; introduction; re-introduction; motion, question - marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, proposal - an offer of marriage
--2 is a kind of offer, offering
--2 has particulars: questionDerived form: verb propose5 - proposal, proposition - the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
--3 is a kind of speech act
--3 has particulars: presentationDerived form: verb propose1 - marriage proposal, proposal of marriage, marriage offer, proposal - an offer of marriage