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: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea
b
: the process by which one thought leads to another especially through association of ideas
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: a slight indication : trace
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Do you have any suggestions?
Please send comments and suggestions to our post office box.
I have a suggestion: call the store and ask them about it.
I’d like to offer a suggestion.
I reject his suggestion that we shouldn’t have helped them.
trying to influence people’s thoughts by using suggestion
The director relies on the power of suggestion rather than explicitly showing the murder.
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Recent Examples on the Web
The presence of graduate guards Marcus Carr and Sir’Jabari Rice, sophomore Tyrese Hunter and five-star freshman Arterio Morris blocked Brumbaugh’s way to significant playing time, leading former coach Chris Beard to agree with the four-star floor general’s suggestion.
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Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2023
Some of the topics above were informed by questions and suggestions from readers.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
The quote, with its suggestion that true art cannot be destroyed, has taken on new meaning for him.
—Jeremy Fassler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
The Legislature ignored those suggestions.
—Dan Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
But in a written response, the employment services agency disputed 10 of the inspector general’s 12 recommendations — only co-signing suggestions related to the agency’s information management system.
—Michael Brice-saddler, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
But the social media pushback to her suggestion, made on Monday, was swift and unexpected by her staff, and the commentary led her to drop the idea, too.
—Darlene Superville, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2023
First lady Jill Biden’s office backtracked Tuesday on her suggestion that both the winning and losing teams from the NCAA women’s basketball championship should be hosted at the White House.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 5 Apr. 2023
Now, as lawmakers jockey to demonstrate their toughness toward China, Smithfield executives are exasperated by suggestions that Chinese ownership of American land threatens the United States.
—David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of suggestion was
in the 14th century
Dictionary Entries Near suggestion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English suggestion, from Anglo-Norman suggestioun, sugestiun, from Latin suggestiō, from suggerō (“suggest”, verb), from Latin sub- (“from below, up”) + gerō (“to bring”). Related to English up-, cast.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/, [səˈd͡ʒɛʃtʃən]
- (General American) IPA(key): /səɡˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/, /səˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/
- Hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tion
Noun[edit]
suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)
- (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
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I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
- make a suggestion
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Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
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- (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
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Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
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- (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
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He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
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- The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
- (law, countable) Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
Synonyms[edit]
- (something suggested): hint, incitement, proposal
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Derived terms[edit]
- autosuggestion
- hypnotic suggestion
- power of suggestion
- suggestion box
[edit]
- suggest
- suggestive
Translations[edit]
something suggested
- Albanian: sugjerim (sq) m, propozim (sq) m
- Arabic: اِقْتِرَاح m (iqtirāḥ), مُقْتَرَح m (muqtaraḥ)
- Armenian: առաջարկություն (hy) (aṙaǰarkutʿyun)
- Azerbaijani: təklif (az)
- Basque: iradokizun
- Belarusian: прапано́ва f (prapanóva)
- Bulgarian: предложе́ние (bg) n (predložénie)
- Burmese: အကြံပေးချက် (my) (a.krampe:hkyak)
- Catalan: suggeriment m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 建議／建议 (zh) (jiànyì), 提議／提议 (zh) (tíyì), 提案 (zh) (tí’àn)
- Czech: návrh (cs) m
- Danish: forslag n
- Dutch: voorstel (nl) n
- Esperanto: sugesto
- Estonian: ettepanek
- Finnish: ehdotus (fi)
- French: suggestion (fr) f, proposition (fr) f
- Galician: suxestión (gl) f
- Georgian: წინადადება (c̣inadadeba)
- German: Vorschlag (de) m
- Greek: πρόταση (el) f (prótasi)
- Hindi: सुझाव (hi) m (sujhāv), प्रस्ताव (hi) m (prastāv)
- Hungarian: javaslat (hu), tanács (hu), ajánlat (hu)
- Italian: suggestione (it), suggerimento (it), proposta (it) f
- Japanese: 提案 (ja) (ていあん, teian)
- Kazakh: ұсыныс (kk) (ūsynys)
- Khmer: ការឲ្យយោបល់ (kaa ʼaoy yoobɑl), យោបល់ (km) (yoobɑl)
- Korean: 제안(提案) (ko) (jean)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: pêşniyar (ku), pêşniyaz (ku), teklîf (ku)
- Kyrgyz: сунуш (ky) (sunuş)
- Lao: ຂໍ້ສະເໜີ (khǭ sa nœ̄)
- Latin: suggestiō f
- Macedonian: предлог m (predlog)
- Malay: cadangan (ms)
- Malayalam: നിർദ്ദേശം (niṟddēśaṃ)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: төлөвлөгөө (mn) (tölövlögöö)
- Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠯᠦᠪᠯᠡᠭᠡ (tölüblege)
- Northern Sami: evttohus
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forslag n
- Nynorsk: forslag (nn) n
- Persian: پیشنهاد (fa) (pišnehâd)
- Plautdietsch: Väaschlach m
- Polish: propozycja (pl) f, sugestia (pl) f
- Portuguese: sugestão (pt) f, proposta (pt) f
- Romanian: sugestionare f, sugestie (ro), propunere (ro)
- Russian: предложе́ние (ru) n (predložénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пре́длог m, прије́длог m
- Roman: prédlog m, prijédlog (sh) m
- Slovak: návrh (sk) m
- Slovene: predlog (sl) m
- Spanish: sugerencia (es) f, propuesta (es) f
- Swedish: förslag (sv) n
- Tajik: пешниҳод (tg) (pešnihod), таклиф (taklif)
- Thai: ข้อเสนอ (th) (kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə), ข้อเสนอแนะ (kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə-nɛ́)
- Turkish: öneri (tr), teklif (tr)
- Turkmen: teklip
- Ukrainian: пропози́ція (uk) f (propozýcija)
- Uyghur: تەكلىپ (teklip)
- Uzbek: taklif (uz), taqdim (uz)
- Vietnamese: sự gợi ý (vi)
- Yiddish: פֿאָרשלאָג m (forshlog)
act of suggestion
- Bulgarian: внушение (bg) n (vnušenie)
- Catalan: suggestió f, suggeriment m
- Czech: návrh (cs) m
- Finnish: ehdottaminen (fi)
- Hungarian: javaslat (hu)
- Italian: suggerimento (it) m
- Northern Sami: evttoheapmi
- Polish: sugestia (pl) f
- Portuguese: sugestão (pt) f
- Romanian: sugestionare f, sugestie (ro) f
- Spanish: sugestión (es) f
psychology: something implied
the act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested
law: information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
suggestion
- genitive singular of suggestio
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin suggestiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/
Noun[edit]
suggestion f (plural suggestions)
- suggestion; proposal
- suggestion (psychology, etc.)
Derived terms[edit]
- boîte à suggestions
[edit]
- suggérer
- suggestible
- suggestionner
Further reading[edit]
- “suggestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- suggecioun
- suggestiun
- suggestioun
- sougestion
- sugestiun
- suggecioun
- sujecion
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin suggestiō.
Noun[edit]
suggestion f (oblique plural suggestions, nominative singular suggestion, nominative plural suggestions)
- suggestion; proposal
References[edit]
- suggestion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
My main suggestion is that the text superimposed on the header does not complement the art well. ❋ Unknown (2009)
My main suggestion is that they really need some good dialogue writers. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Thanks to Niksmom for the title suggestion via Twitter ❋ Unknown (2008)
By the term suggestion we do not usually understand the effect upon the mind of the totality of external stimuli, but the influence of person upon person which takes place through passive perception and is therefore independent of the activity of the personal consciousness. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)
Gods Spirit as good as not a suggestion is a One on Whom you wait for for for approach superintendence in to all truth. ❋ Admin (2009)
They have been additionally igornant of what a normal state of a suggestion is as good as have been to illustrate incapacitated from being led ceaselessly by it. ❋ Admin (2009)
From the point of view of warfare, the suggestion is absurd: no game has ever been won by resigning. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Storm, are you suggesting that your suggestion is anything but suggestive? ❋ Unknown (2010)
Second, this suggestion is a WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT than saying having sex with a guy in 1977 means no donation. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Certainly, any reasonable fan of modern language must concede that both forms are acceptable and proper, and that expressing a preference as anything more than a suggestion is a a futile act of hubris. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If I understood you correctly, your suggestion is a good one simply use a longer cable between your computer and what you called a receiver which I presume is an an Ethernet bridge. this is by far the most economical solution. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Your suggestion is a book I’m not familiar with but should be! ❋ ____Maggie (2006)
When a suggestion is adopted primarily upon the basis of improvement in the operations and services of the department, the department shall determine the amount of the award commensurate with the benefits anticipated from the suggestion. ❋ Unknown (1946)
This suggestion is a very helpful one, for it enables us to work up gradually to this point, and then, as it were, unwind, until we reach the words of Nebuchadnezzar’s dramatic recantation. ❋ Unknown (1915)
Here’s a title suggestion for your next article, Mr. Harsanyi: Perils of the CURRENT Energy Economy. ❋ DefeatSocialism (2010)
I was thinking «keeping up appearances» as a title suggestion, but I’m not certain if that reflects the emotion or rather struggle or lack of emotion being reflected in this poem. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Here’s a title suggestion for John Grisham’s next novel: ❋ Unknown (2008)
1a Hey Bob, If i can make a «Suggestion» regarding your report that you turned in..if you could format it… blah blah blah
1b If I can make a quick suggestion to you…Your breath smells like shit…you should go brush your teeth.
[1c] Dude, if i can make a suggestion about your playlist…you should add some more [zepplin], cuz everybody loves zepplin.
2a Well Girl, my suggestion is you [dump his ass], and get yo self a real man.
2b I’d fuck her if i was you, but that’s just my suggestion..you do what you want to do ❋ Dr. Nasty — Www.krushradio.com (2005)
«I have a [suggestment]. Maybe you should [do something] [with that] hair.» ❋ Sherbombs (2011)
«Look at my new [TV]»
«Wow, thats [huge]!»
«[That’s suggestive]» ❋ Tod222 (2012)
[Science teacher]: (points to [diagram]) «Okay this is your poo, it’s called excrement…»
Student: «Sir, it’s not excrement. It’s [suggestion].» ❋ ASIANMAN05 (2022)
«Does [anyone] have any suggestments?», Said [Mr]. Molino from [ISM]. ❋ Frank Rizzo (2004)
Hym «Don’t you just hate that? When someone gives you a ‘suggestion‘ like ‘why don’t you get a better job?’ OH REALLY!? I never would have thought of that! You must be some kind of mainstream intellectual! Well, apparently I CAN’T get a better job because I’m (somehow) too stupid to even THINK of getting a better job! No, but that’s a really good idea though. I wish [my dumb] brain wasn’t so fucking stupid so I could think of good ideas like you; you dumb motherfucker. Holy shit! [The nerve] of these [fucking people]! Jesus! Maybe it isn’t ‘Liars Hell.’ Maybe it’s genius hell. My fate is to be surrounded by idiots for all of eternity.» ❋ Hym Iam (2022)
Girl: [What do] [you do] instead of [wanking]?
Guy: I take suggestives. ❋ Blah9257289 (2008)
[Geneva Convention]? [More like] Geneva Suggestion! ❋ SerbianSlav (2021)
Ronnie: I went to search how to change a light bulb… six hours later I was looking at how to change a light [ballast]
Pauly: Wtf is a light ballast???
Ronnie: I dunno but I still don’t know how to change the light bulb in my [tanning bed]
Mike: Oh no, we have a situation!
Snooki: Waaaaahhhh
Vinny: Looks like you were [suggestion surfing]…… ❋ Gingyman (2010)
Person 1: Yo, I think they should add [throwable] bricks in Minecraft.
Person 2: That’s a great idea! You should [make a post] about it in the Minecraft Suggestions [subreddit]. ❋ The Mysterious MCS Guy (2021)
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I’m also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage — which no previous society has ever believed.
Alain de Botton
PRONUNCIATION OF SUGGESTION
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUGGESTION
Suggestion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
WHAT DOES SUGGESTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Suggestion
Suggestion is the psychological process by which one person guides the thoughts, feelings, or behaviour of another. Nineteenth century writers on psychology such as William James used the words «suggest» and «suggestion» in senses close to those they have in common speech—one idea was said to suggest another when it brought that other idea to mind. Early scientific studies of hypnosis by Clark Leonard Hull and others extended the meaning of these words in a special and technical sense. The original neuro-psychological theory of hypnotic suggestion was based upon the ideo-motor reflex response of William B. Carpenter and James Braid.
Definition of suggestion in the English dictionary
The definition of suggestion in the dictionary is something that is suggested. Other definition of suggestion is a hint or indication.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUGGESTION
Synonyms and antonyms of suggestion in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «SUGGESTION»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «suggestion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «suggestion» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF SUGGESTION
Find out the translation of suggestion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of suggestion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «suggestion» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
建议
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
sugerencia
570 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
सुझाव
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
اِقْتِراح
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
предложение
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
sugestão
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
পরামর্শ
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
suggestion
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Cadangan
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
Vorschlag
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
提案
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
제안
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Saran
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
gợi ý
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
பரிந்துரை
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
सूचना
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
öneri
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
suggerimento
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
sugestia
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
пропозиція
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
sugestie
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
εισήγηση
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
voorstel
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
förslag
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
forslag
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of suggestion
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUGGESTION»
The term «suggestion» is very widely used and occupies the 5.142 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of suggestion
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «suggestion».
FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUGGESTION» OVER TIME
The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «suggestion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «suggestion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.
Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about suggestion
10 QUOTES WITH «SUGGESTION»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word suggestion.
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It’s not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.
I have always believed that if you need to take your clothes off to get your man, you’ve begun to lose the battle. If you pull it off right, you can do it in a very classy way… Being sexy is about suggestion; it’s about the tease. It’s not about being obvious and forcing yourself out in the open. That takes all the fun out of being a woman.
With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it’s more a polite suggestion.
My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc.
During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein’s suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
I’m also interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage — which no previous society has ever believed.
Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we ‘keep’ our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This ‘solution’, I think, requires an immediate poll of the next 20,000 generations.
I sort of forgot about ‘Z Channel’ after it went off the air in 1989, but once Jason Resnick of Focus Features made the suggestion, I became obsessed all over again. I still am. I’ll probably be this way until I’m 80, babbling about ‘Z Channel.’
I mean, come on, Beyonce’s the queen of pop music. She’s the queen. If you could run for queen… I would put her name in the suggestion box. She’s incredible.
May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUGGESTION»
Discover the use of suggestion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suggestion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Suggestion and Its Role in Social Life
«Suggestion and Its Role in Social Life «is a landmark study in collective psychological research that may lead to revisions in histories of social psychology. It will be read by psychologists, sociologists, and social historians.
Vladimir Mikhaĭlovich Bekhterev, Lloyd H. Strickland, 1998
2
Suggestion and Auto Suggestion 1927
1927. This work contains a psychological and pedagogical study based upon the investigations made by the New Nancy School.
3
Wordweaving: The Science of Suggestion : a Comprehensive …
This text presents a new approach to the use of hypnotic suggestion.
4
The Power of Suggestion
1909 the law of suggestion & auto-suggestion.
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How to Practice Suggestion and Autosuggestion
1923 Our actions spring not from our Will, but from our Imagination.
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The Practice of Hypnotic Suggestion
1901 Contents: Intro; Definition; Methods of Different Operations; Phenomena Observations; Phenomena Observed During Hypnosis; Who Are Susceptible; Treatment During Hypnosis; Post Hypnotism; Some Objections to Hypnotism; Dangers & …
7
Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion
A philosophical study by W.W. Atkinson, Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion is written, in his usual style, like an essay on suggestion.
William Walker Atkinson, 2010
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Suggestion, Its Law and Application: The Principles and …
I. AUTO-SUGGESTION. Self-suggestion, if it is persisted in, is the most effective
method of removing an abnormal condition and establishing a normal. Let one
who desires to secure the highest ideals in his life, spiritual, mental, and physical,
…
Charles F. Winbigler, 1996
1900 Contents: Brief History of Suggestion; What Produces the Phenomena; How it Feels to be Hypnotized; What Hypnotism Is; How to Experiment Successfully; Classes of Suggestions; Passes & How to Make Them; Tests for Subjects; Five Methods …
10
Seduction, Suggestion, Psychoanalysis
This book makes clear that the problem of seduction and suggestion raises major psychoanalytic, and more generally philosophical problems that are still of great importance for the self-understanding of contemporary humankind.
Philippe van Haute, Jozef Corveleyn, 2001
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUGGESTION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suggestion is used in the context of the following news items.
Medical Company Develops First Cannabis Suggestion Tool for …
The “Cannabis Suggestion Tool” was created as a way to monetize live data related to medical cannabis in efforts to develop real world applications for medical … «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
Mgarr local council against suggestion to study easier access to …
The Mgarr local council today expressed its concern about the suggestion made by Labour MP Etienne Grech for a study to be carried out about improving the … «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
NBA says ‘no suggestion‘ of FIFA-style corruption in basketball
«There’s been absolutely no suggestion that FIBA, our federation, as opposed to FIFA, has been tainted in any way by corruption,» said Silver. «There’s never … «Reuters, Jun 15»
Holness clarifies PICA privatisation suggestion
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness is seeking to clarify his suggestion that the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agencyc (PICA) should be privatised. «Jamaica Gleaner, May 15»
Jeb Bush’s Suggestion to Require Medicare Recipients to Complete …
Bush made the suggestion today in Manchester, NH, while defending his role as Florida governor to keep alive a brain-dead woman, Terry Schiavo. Her family … «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
Jim Prentice Scoffs At Brian Jean’s Suggestion He Tried To …
INNISFAIL, Alta. — Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Jim Prentice says a suggestion that he tried to undermine Prime Minister Stephen Harper while … «Huffington Post Canada, Apr 15»
Vince Russo Reportedly Makes Suggestion To Lucha Underground …
There had been rumors that Russo was going to work for Lucha Underground but that’s not the case. The company held a meeting with top officials and told … «Wrestling Inc., Feb 15»
Facebook suggestion leads Belgian student to Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) – How many times have you seen a “suggested friend” on Facebook? Many times the suggestion makes sense: a friend of a friend, or even an … «KXAN.com, Jan 15»
Cash paid for good suggestions
Illinois residents can submit suggestions to the State Government Suggestion Award Board and receive $50 to $5,000 for a successful suggestion. Rewards are … «Chicago Daily Herald, Dec 14»
A Suggestion for A Live Holiday Broadcast: Bring Back Amahl!
So Here & Now’s Robin Young’s former choir director Ron Cohen has a suggestion for next year: revive Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors!”. «WBUR, Dec 14»
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Other forms: suggestions
A suggestion is an idea someone proposes. You can accept or reject a suggestion.
When someone gives an order — like in the military — it has to be carried out. On the other hand, a suggestion is an idea that’s optional. At a restaurant, a waiter may make a suggestion of a good soup. A friend could make a suggestion of a fun movie. If you’re new in town, you might ask for suggestions of good neighborhoods. Suggestions are ideas that can be taken or rejected; it’s up to the person who receives the suggestion.
Definitions of suggestion
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noun
an idea that is suggested
“the picnic was her
suggestion” -
noun
a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
“it was a
suggestion we couldn’t refuse”-
synonyms:
proffer, proposition
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noun
the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
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noun
persuasion formulated as a suggestion
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noun
the act of inducing hypnosis
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noun
a just detectable amount
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