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sug·ges·tion
 suggestion
- pronunciation:
- s
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act of suggesting or state of being suggested.
The principal listened to the teachers' suggestions for solving some of school's problems.- synonyms:
- proposal, propounding, recommendation
- similar words:
- offer
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| definition 2: |
that which is suggested.
Her suggestion of using less air conditioning made the most sense as a way to save money.- synonyms:
- offer, pointer, proposal, proposition
- similar words:
- idea
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| definition 3: |
the calling to mind of an idea by analogy or association.
In the poem can be found numerous suggestions of death.- synonyms:
- evocation
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| definition 4: |
an idea called to mind in this way.
- similar words:
- idea, intuition
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| definition 5: |
a hint; trace.
There seemed to be a suggestion of jealousy in her reaction.- synonyms:
- glimmer, hint, shade, shadow, trace, whisper
- similar words:
- ghost, kiss, note, suspicion, tinge
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| definition 6: |
in psychology, the process by which ideas or behavior are induced in a person without coercion or persuasion.
post-hypnotic suggestion |
| related words: |
advice, allusion, clue, connotation, dab, dash, glance, hint, indication, instruction, jot, lead, mention, motion, nomination, promise, prompt, proposition, tinge, tint, tip, touch |
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