English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/s��d��st/, /s�g�d��st/ SAMPA|/s@"dZEst/, /s@g"dZEst/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�st|-�st

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.

#: Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?

1. transitive To ask for without demanding.

#: I�d like to suggest that we go out to lunch.

Usage notes
i|ask for without demanding This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms
(imply but stop short of saying explicitly): hint, imply
(ask for without demanding): propose

Translations

imply but stop short of saying explicitly
See imply

trans-top|ask for without demanding
Arabic: ARchar|ا�ترح unicode|(iqtáraħa)
Chinese: 建議, 建议 (jiànyì)
Dutch: voorstellen
Estonian: soovitama
Finnish: ehdottaa
French: proposer#French|proposer, suggérer
German: vorschlagen
Greek: ��ο�είν�
Hungarian: javasolni, ajánlani
Hebrew: ��צ�ע (li-hitsi�a)
trans-mid
Italian: proporre, suggerire
Japanese: ���� (������, teian surú)
Korean: ���� (amsihada)
Malay: cadang
Portuguese: propor, sugerir
Russian: п�едлага�� (predlagát�)
Spanish: sugerir
Swedish: föreslå
trans-bottom

Derived terms
suggestion pos_n
suggestive pos_a

fr:suggest
io:suggest
hu:suggest
ja:suggest
simple:suggest
fi:suggest
ta:suggest
te:suggest
vi:suggest
zh:suggest

• 2007-11-24 14:15 - Interwicket - iwiki +simple

Full Revision History