suggestion

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/, [səˈd͡ʒɛʃtʃən]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səɡˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/, /səˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

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• Hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tion

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.

• (something suggested): hint, incitement, proposal
• See also Thesaurus:advice

suggestion

1. genitive singular of suggestio

Borrowed from Latin suggestiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/

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suggestion f (plural suggestions)

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

• boîte à suggestions

• suggérer
• suggestible
• suggestionner

• “suggestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin suggestiō.

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

1. suggestion; proposal

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