Complete Definition of "suggestion"

English

Pronunciation
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Noun
suggestion (countable and uncountable; plural suggestions)

  1. countable Something suggested.

#: I have a small suggestion: try lifting the left side up a bit.
#: Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.

  1. uncountable The act of suggestion.

#: Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

  1. context|countable|psychology Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

#: He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

Synonyms
(something suggested): proposal

Translations
trans-top|Something suggested
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Portuguese: sugestão f
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trans-top|The act of suggestion
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trans-top|(psychology) Something implied
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ttbc|Romanian: propunere f

Derived terms
autosuggestion
hypnotic suggestion
power of suggestion
suggestion box

Related terms
suggest
suggestive

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