suggestion
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suggestion
- /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ UK
- [səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən] UK
- /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/ Canada, US
- /səˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
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”). Equivalent to suggest + -ion. Related to English up-, cast.
noun suggestions
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Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
make a suggestion
Similar: hint, incitement, proposal
- The act of suggesting. Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact. He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
- 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.
- Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hint, proposition, proffer, prompting, trace, mesmerism, hypnotism, suggesting, argument, implication, allusion, suggest, assumption, possibility, comment, assertion
Translations
Every language
noun something suggested
| Español | sugerencia, propuesta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 제안 jean |
| 日本語 | 提案 teian |
| 中文 | 建議 /建议 jiànyì, 提議 /提议 tíyì, 提案 tí'àn |
| हिन्दी | सुझाव sujhāv, प्रस्ताव prastāv |
| Português | sugestão, proposta |
| Français | suggestion, proposition |
| Deutsch | Vorschlag |
| Italiano | suggestione, suggerimento, proposta |
| Ελληνικά | πρόταση prótasi |
| Română | sugestionare, sugestie, propunere |
| Русский | предложе́ние predložénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự gợi ý |
| العربية | اِقْتِرَاح iqtirāḥ, مُقْتَرَح muqtaraḥ |
| עברית | הַצָּעָה hatsa'á |
noun act of suggestion
| Español | sugestión |
|---|---|
| Português | sugestão |
| Italiano | suggerimento |
| Română | sugestionare, sugestie |
noun psychology: something implied
| Español | sugestión |
|---|---|
| Português | sugestão |
| Deutsch | Suggestion |
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title = {suggestion},
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