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Suggest

//səˈd͡ʒɛst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something). transitive

    "Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?"

  2. 2
    call to mind wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something). transitive

    "The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg."

  4. 4
    make a proposal, declare a plan for something wordnet
  5. 5
    To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it. transitive

    "This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss."

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  1. 6
    drop a hint; intimate by a hint wordnet
  2. 7
    To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. obsolete, transitive

    "Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested."

  3. 8
    imply as a possibility wordnet

Etymology

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).

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