suggestion

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman suggestioun, Old French suggestioun (modern French suggestion), from Latin suggestio, from suggero (“‘suggest’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈdʒɛstjən/, SAMPA: /s@"dZEstj@n/
• IPA: /səˈdʒɛstʃən/, SAMPA: /s@"dZEstS@n/
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[edit] Noun

suggestion (countable and uncountable; plural suggestions)

1. (countable) Something suggested.

   I have a small suggestion: try lifting the left side up a bit.

   Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.

2. (uncountable) The act of suggestion.

   Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

3. (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

   He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

[edit] Synonyms

• (something suggested): proposal
• See also Wikisaurus:advice

[edit] Derived terms

• autosuggestion
• hypnotic suggestion
• power of suggestion
• suggestion box

[edit] Related terms

• suggest
• suggestive

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

suggestion

1. Genitive singular form of suggestio.