suggestion

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/
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/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ · [səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən] · /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/

Definition of suggestion

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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)Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
    “He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.”
  4. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable)Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

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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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