suggestions
Syllables: sug·ges·tionsUK/səˈd͡ʒɛstjənz//sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃənz/
suggestions is the plural of suggestion.
Meaning of suggestion
Noun
suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)
- Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- make a suggestion
- 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.
Phrases with suggestions
Questions about suggestions
- What is suggestions the plural of?
- Suggestions is the plural of suggestion.
- How do you pronounce suggestions?
- Suggestions is pronounced /səˈd͡ʒɛstjənz/ (UK).
Words near suggestions in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: suggestions (page history and authors); suggestion (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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