suggestion

nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən//
United Kingdom/[səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən]/
Canada//sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən//
Australia//səˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən//

Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

noun

1
Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
make a suggestion
I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
2
The act of suggesting.
Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
3
Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
4
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.
5
Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

Etymology

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.

Forms

plural: suggestions

Sugar · radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S.suggest · To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).suggesting · suggestion

suggestion · Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

Suh · A surname from Korean.suicidal · Pertaining to suicide.suicide · The act of intentionally killing oneself.

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