suggestion
//səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- suggestions
Definitions
1.Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
2.The act of suggesting.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
3.Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
4.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.
- I don't like your suggestion.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2499
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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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.