propos
- noun
- Archaic
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propósito
- The teacher explained the propos behind her decision to change the project's focus.
Examples
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I think descriptions of nature should be very short and always be propos.
Blog text (3) -
Look, about this propos--
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A propos… before your exit, we were discussing the possibility of my purchasing Broomhilda.
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A propos Verene's interest: James Joyce, during this same historical period, experiments with attempts to portray the inward experience of that flux at the beginning of an individual's life, in his first novel, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916).
Academic text (2017) -
His propos for the new policy was clearly outlined in the meeting agenda.
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She shared her propos for improvement during the team discussion.
Synonyms
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3.0
A reason, often hidden, that makes someone do something
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3.4
The reason someone does or says something
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3.7
A goal someone wants to reach
The meaning people give to a law or document
Surface Forms
Etymology
Propos comes from Latin words that mean 'to put forward', and it shares its idea with the English word purpose. So a propos is the reason or intention someone 'puts forward'.