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suggest

UK/səˈd͡ʒɛst//sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst/

suggest verb: to imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

Verb

suggest (third-person singular simple present suggests, present participle suggesting, simple past and past participle suggested)

  1. (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
    • Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
  2. (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
    • The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.
    • , Book II, Chapter III
      Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
    Synonyms:
    evoke
  3. (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
    • This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.
    • He suggests that we celebrate with dinner at Bellissimo. He suggests our celebrating with dinner at Bellissimo.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
    • Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

suggest meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

suggest in Hindi

to suggest, propose
चेताना cetānā
to suggest
उपजाना upjānā

suggest in Marathi

to suggest, hint
सुचवणे suċavṇe

suggest in Urdu

عرض کرنا

suggest in Bengali

ধারণা করা, বাতলান, উত্থাপিত করা, ইঙ্গিত দেওয়া, সঙ্কেত দেওয়া, স্মরণ করান
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suggest in Malayalam
നിർദേശിക്കുക
suggest in Kannada
ತೋಚು, ಹೊಳೆ, ಸುಳಿವು ಕೊಡು, ಸೂಚಿಸು
suggest in Punjabi
ਸੁਝਾਉਣ ਲਈ, ਸੁਝਾਅ ਦੇਣਾ
suggest in Gujarati
સૂચવો
suggest in Nepali
सुझाउ, सुझाउ दिन्छन्
suggest in Arabic
اِقْتَرَحَ iqtaraḥa, أَوْصَى ʔawṣā
suggest in Malay
cadang
suggest in Vietnamese
đề nghị, giới thiệu

Examples of suggest in a sentence

  • The guidebook suggested that we visit the local cathedral, so that's what we did.
  • But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
  • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

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Synonyms of suggest

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Forms of suggest

third-person singular presentsuggests
present participlesuggesting
past participlesuggested
pastsuggested

Past tense of suggest: suggested

Origin of suggest

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).

Words formed from suggest

Words that rhyme with suggest

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Questions about suggest

What does suggest mean?
Suggest means to imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
What is suggest in Hindi?
Suggest in Hindi is चेताना (cetānā), उपजाना (upjānā). See Suggest meaning in Hindi.
How do you use suggest in a sentence?
The guidebook suggested that we visit the local cathedral, so that's what we did.
What part of speech is suggest?
Suggest is a verb.
How do you pronounce suggest?
Suggest is pronounced /səˈd͡ʒɛst/ (UK).
What is the past tense of suggest?
The past tense of suggest is suggested.

Words near suggest in the dictionary

  1. Sugg
  2. Suggan Buggan
  3. suggane
  4. sugganes
  5. sugged
  6. suggest
  7. suggest itself
  8. suggesta
  9. suggestable
  10. suggested
  11. suggested itself

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: suggest (page history and authors); उपजाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); सुचवणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); suggest (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggest (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggest (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suggest (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suggest (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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