The verb propose has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (24) propose, suggest, advise -- (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)
2. (21) project, propose -- (present for consideration)
3. (6) aim, purpose, purport, propose -- (propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon")
4. (1) nominate, propose -- (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office; "The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission")
5. (1) propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question -- (ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman")