Dictionary

suggestion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• [səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /səˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Texas) audio

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.

Meanings

1. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
   • 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.
   • make a suggestion
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.

Forms

Deriveds

missuggestion · posthypnotic suggestion · auto-suggestion · suggestional · heterosuggestion · suggestion box · nonsuggestion · power of suggestion · narcosuggestion · suggestionist · hypnotic suggestion · suggestionism · desuggestion · serving suggestion · self-suggestion · autosuggestion · countersuggestion

Relateds

suggest · suggestive

Synonyms

hint (something suggested) · incitement (something suggested) · proposal (something suggested)

Translations (113)

sl predlog (something suggested) · fi suggestio (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) · eu iradokizun (something suggested) · fr proposition (something suggested) · it suggestione (something suggested) · ur تَجْوِیز (something suggested) · ko 제안 (something suggested) · ur سِفارِش (something suggested) · cmn 建議 /建议 (something suggested) · hu tanács (something suggested) · se evttohus (something suggested) · se evttoheapmi (act of suggestion) · bg предлагане (act of suggestion) · de Vorschlag (something suggested) · sh prijédlog (something suggested) · kmr pêşniyaz (something suggested) · ca suggestió (act of suggestion) · pl sugestia (something suggested) · sh prédlog (something suggested) · tg таклиф (something suggested) · ro sugestionare (act of suggestion) · fi ehdottaminen (act of suggestion) · be прапано́ва (something suggested) · mn ᠲᠥᠯᠦᠪᠯᠡᠭᠡ (something suggested) · es sugestión (psychology: something implied) · el πρόταση (something suggested) · cmn 提議 /提议 (something suggested) · hu ajánlat (something suggested) · ug تەكلىپ (something suggested) · vi sự gợi ý (something suggested) · cs návrh (something suggested) · bg предложе́ние (act of suggestion) · hi प्रस्ताव (something suggested) · bg предложе́ние (something suggested) · pt sugestão (psychology: something implied) · ca suggeriment (something suggested) · my အကြံပေးချက် (something suggested) · kmr pêşniyar (something suggested) · pt sugestão (act of suggestion) · bg внушение (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) · pl sugestia (act of suggestion) · ca suggeriment (act of suggestion) · hi सुझाव (something suggested) · it suggerimento (something suggested) · sq propozim (something suggested) · kmr teklîf (something suggested) · pdt Väaschlach (something suggested) · uz taqdim (something suggested) · fa-ira پیشْنِهاد (something suggested) · ml നിർദ്ദേശം (something suggested) · it suggerimento (act of suggestion) · cmn 提案 (something suggested) · uk пропози́ція (something suggested) · ro sugestionare (something suggested) · sk návrh (something suggested) · de Suggestion (psychology: something implied) · es sugestión (act of suggestion) · ar اِقْتِرَاح (something suggested) · cs návrh (act of suggestion) · hu javaslat (act of suggestion) · pl propozycja (something suggested) · la suggestiō (something suggested) · fi ehdotus (something suggested) · yi פֿאָרשלאָג (something suggested) · km យោបល់ (something suggested) · fi aloite (something suggested) · th ข้อเสนอ (something suggested) · fi mielikuva (psychology: something implied) · ru предложе́ние (something suggested) · eo sugesto (something suggested) · sv förslag (something suggested) · ro sugestie (something suggested) · nl voorstel (something suggested) · ms cadangan (something suggested) · sh прије́длог (something suggested) · az təklif (something suggested) · pt proposta (something suggested) · es propuesta (something suggested) · gl suxestión (something suggested) · ky сунуш (something suggested) · tr teklif (something suggested) · hu javaslat (something suggested) · fr suggestion (something suggested) · tl mungkahi (something suggested) · ka წინადადება (something suggested) · es sugerencia (something suggested) · tr öneri (something suggested) · mn төлөвлөгөө (something suggested) · km ការឲ្យយោបល់ (something suggested) · tk teklip (something suggested) · kk ұсыныс (something suggested) · da forslag (something suggested) · nb forslag (something suggested) · it proposta (something suggested) · lo ຂໍ້ສະເໜີ (something suggested) · ar مُقْتَرَح (something suggested) · he הַצָּעָה (something suggested) · ro sugestie (act of suggestion) · pt sugestão (something suggested) · ro propunere (something suggested) · sh пре́длог (something suggested) · hu szuggesztió (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) · nn forslag (something suggested) · hy առաջարկություն (something suggested) · fi käsitys (psychology: something implied) · tg пешниҳод (something suggested) · et ettepanek (something suggested) · th ข้อเสนอแนะ (something suggested) · sq sugjerim (something suggested) · uz taklif (something suggested) · ja 提案 (something suggested) · mk предлог (something suggested) · ca suggestió (psychology: something implied)