suggestion
Syllables: sug·ges·tionUK/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən//sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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suggestion noun: something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for).
Noun
suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- hint, incitement, proposal
- The act of suggesting.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- 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.
- Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
suggestion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suggestion in Hindi
- something suggested
- सुझाव sujhāv, प्रस्ताव prastāv
suggestion in Tamil
- அறிவுரை, ஆலோசனை, பரிந்துரை, யோசனை, கருத்து, குறிப்பு
suggestion in Marathi
- सुचवणी
suggestion in Urdu
- something suggested
- سِفارِش sifāriś, تَجْوِیز tajvīz
More languagesFewer languages
- suggestion in Bengali
- প্রকাশ prokaś
- suggestion in Telugu
- సూచన
- suggestion in Malayalam
- നിർദ്ദേശം niṟddēśaṁ
- suggestion in Kannada
- ತಿಳುಹಿಕೆ, ಸುಳಿವು, ಸೂಚನೆ, ಸಲಹೆ
- suggestion in Gujarati
- સૂચન
- suggestion in Nepali
- सुझाव sujhāv
- suggestion in Tagalog
- mungkahi
- suggestion in Arabic
- اِقْتِرَاح iqtirāḥ, مُقْتَرَح muqtaraḥ
- suggestion in Malay
- cadangan
- suggestion in Thai
- ข้อเสนอ kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə, ข้อเสนอแนะ kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə-nɛ́
- suggestion in Vietnamese
- sự gợi ý
- suggestion in Myanmar
- အကြံပေးချက် a.krampe:hkyak
Examples of suggestion in a sentence
- The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
- The mere suggestion that the queen’s brother tried to kill your boy would be considered treason.
- She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.
Synonyms of suggestion
Forms of suggestion
| plural | suggestions |
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Origin of suggestion
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.
Words formed from suggestion
Phrases with suggestion
Questions about suggestion
- What does suggestion mean?
- Suggestion means something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for).
- What is suggestion in Hindi?
- Suggestion in Hindi is सुझाव (sujhāv), प्रस्ताव (prastāv). See Suggestion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suggestion?
- Suggestion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce suggestion?
- Suggestion is pronounced /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of suggestion?
- The plural of suggestion is suggestions.
Words near suggestion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suggestion (page history and authors); suggestion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggestion (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); প্রকাশ (Bengali) (page history and authors); suggestion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suggestion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suggestion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सुझाव (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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