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- DictionarySug·ges·tion/səˈjesCHən/
noun
- 1. an idea or plan put forward for consideration. Similar proposalpropositionmotionsubmissionrecommendationadvicecounselexhortationhinttipcluetip-offideapiece of advice
- ▪ the action of suggesting something: "at my suggestion, the museum held an exhibition of his work" Similar insinuationhintimplicationintimationinnuendoimputation
- ▪ something that implies or indicates a certain fact or situation: "there is no suggestion that he was involved in any wrongdoing" Similar insinuationhintimplicationintimationinnuendoimputation
- ▪ a slight trace or indication of something: "there was a suggestion of a smile on his lips" Similar hinttracetouchsuspiciontingemodicumdashsoupçonghostsemblanceshadowglimmerimpressionbreathwhiffundertonewhispernuanceundertoneconnotation
- ▪ the action or process of calling up an idea or thought in someone's mind by associating it with other things: "the power of suggestion"
- ▪ the influencing of a person to accept an idea, belief, or impulse uncritically, especially as a technique in hypnosis or other therapies.
- ▪ a belief or impulse induced by suggestion.
Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘an incitement to evil’): via Old French from Latin suggestio(n-), from the verb suggerere (see suggest).
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