Suggest

//səˈd͡ʒɛst// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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hintadvisealludedemonstratedenoteevoke

Antonyms

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exply

Example

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"The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes."

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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suggest itself

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