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Suggestion

//səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) countable

    "make a suggestion"

  2. 2
    the act of inducing hypnosis wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of suggesting. uncountable

    "Suggestion often works better than explicit demand."

  4. 4
    the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association wordnet
  5. 5
    Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact. countable

    "He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts."

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  1. 6
    an idea that is suggested wordnet
  2. 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
  3. 8
    a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection wordnet
  4. 9
    Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence. countable
  5. 10
    persuasion formulated as a suggestion wordnet
  6. 11
    a just detectable amount wordnet

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.

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