suggestion

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)

  1. (countable) 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. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
    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.
  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. (law, countable) Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

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Finnish

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Noun

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suggestion

  1. genitive singular of suggestio

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin suggestiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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suggestion f (plural suggestions)

  1. suggestion; proposal
  2. suggestion (psychology, etc.)

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Further reading

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin suggestiō.

Noun

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suggestion oblique singularf (oblique plural suggestions, nominative singular suggestion, nominative plural suggestions)

  1. suggestion; proposal

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