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suggestion.

Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/Received-Pronunciation[səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən]Received-Pronunciation/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/Canada, General-American/səˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

    countable
    make a suggestion
    I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
  2. The act of suggesting.

    uncountable
    Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
  3. Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

    countable
    He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
  4. 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.

    countable · uncountable
  5. Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

    countable
Where this word comes from

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.

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