suggestion
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word suggestion. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word suggestion, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say suggestion in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word suggestion you have here. The definition of the word suggestion will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsuggestion, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
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”). Related to English up-, cast.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/,
- (General American) IPA(key): /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tion
Noun
suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)
- (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.
- (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
- 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.
- (law, countable) Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
Synonyms
- (something suggested): hint, incitement, proposal
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
something suggested
|
act of suggestion
|
psychology: something implied
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
|
law: information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Finnish
Noun
suggestion
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suggestiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
suggestion f (plural suggestions)
- suggestion; proposal
- suggestion (psychology, etc.)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “suggestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suggestiō.
Noun
suggestion oblique singular, f (oblique plural suggestions, nominative singular suggestion, nominative plural suggestions)