What does "suggestion" mean?
Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
Suggestion
/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- Grammar: suggestion is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: hint, admonition, advice, advising.
- Useful contrasts: direct instruction, norwegian orden, swedish ordning.
- Usage evidence: Your suggestion came up at the meeting.
How to use "suggestion"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) countable
"make a suggestion"
- 2 the act of inducing hypnosis wordnet
- 3 The act of suggesting. uncountable
"Suggestion often works better than explicit demand."
- 4 the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association wordnet
- 5 Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact. countable
"He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts."
Show 6 more definitions
- 6 an idea that is suggested wordnet
- 7 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. countable, uncountable
- 8 a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection wordnet
- 9 Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence. countable
- 10 persuasion formulated as a suggestion wordnet
- 11 a just detectable amount wordnet
Antonyms
Example
"Your suggestion came up at the meeting."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "suggestion"?
Common synonyms include: hint, admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, allegory.
How do you use "suggestion" in a sentence?
Your suggestion came up at the meeting.
How do you pronounce "suggestion"?
Pronounced /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/.
Etymology
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”). Equivalent to suggest + -ion. Related to English up-, cast.