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 | Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th 
 
	
		|  propound 
 
 pro·pound  [propound propounds propounded propounding] BrE [prəˈpaʊnd]  NAmE [prəˈpaʊnd]   verb ~ sth  (formal)
 to suggest an idea or explanation of sth for people to consider
 Syn:   ↑propose, Syn: put forward
 •the theory of natural selection, first propounded by Charles Darwin
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 Word Origin:
 mid 16th cent.: alteration of archaic  propone, from  Latin proponere ‘set forth’, from  pro- ‘forward’  +  ponere ‘put’. The addition of the final  -d  can be compared with that in  expound  and  compound.
 
 Example Bank:
 •Keynes propounded the idea of demand-led growth.
 •The theory of natural selection was first propounded by Charles Darwin.
 
 
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