Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word PROPOSITION

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What does PROPOSITION mean?

PROPOSITION noun
  1. The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
  2. An idea or a plan offered.
  3. (business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
  4. In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
  5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
  6. The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
  7. An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
  8. An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
  9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
  10. The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
PROPOSITION verb
  1. To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
  2. To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

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