suggestion
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
suggestions
plural
suggestions
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUGGESTION
1
[count]
a
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an idea about what someone should do or how someone should behave
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Do you have any suggestions?
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Please send comments and suggestions to our post office box.
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I have a suggestion: call the store and ask them about it.
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I'd like to offer/make a suggestion.
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I am always open to suggestions. [=ready to hear new ideas]
b
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something that is said in an indirect way
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I'm shocked at the suggestion that he deliberately cheated. = The very suggestion that he deliberately cheated is shocking (to me).
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I reject his suggestion that we shouldn't have helped them.
2
a
:
an action, quality, appearance, etc., that seems to indicate the presence or existence of something
[count]
— usually singular
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There was a suggestion of boredom in his tone of voice.
[noncount]
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They were careful to avoid any suggestion of impropriety. [=avoid doing anything that could be seen as improper]
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There was some suggestion of swelling around his ankle. [=his ankle appeared to be slightly swollen]
b
[count]
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a very small amount of something
— usually singular
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a flavor of chocolate with a (slight) suggestion [=hint] of pepper
3
[noncount]
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the process by which you make people think or feel something by saying, expressing, or showing something that is related only indirectly
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trying to influence people's thoughts by using suggestion
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The director relies on the power of suggestion rather than explicitly showing the murder.
at/on someone's suggestion
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because someone said that you should
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On his suggestion, I applied for the job. [=I applied for the job because he suggested that I should]
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She went to Germany at my suggestion.
