English Dictionary
Definition of “suggest”
suggest (səˈdʒɛst
;US English səɡˈdʒɛst)
Definitions
verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
- to put forward (a plan, idea, etc) for consideration ⇒
I suggest Smith for the post
a plan suggested itself
- to evoke (a person, thing, etc) in the mind of someone by the association of ideas ⇒
that painting suggests home to me
- to give an indirect or vague hint of ⇒
his face always suggests his peace of mind
Alternative Forms
sugˈgester noun Word Origin
C16: from Latin suggerere to bring up, from sub- + gerere to bring
Synonyms
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recommend,
propose,
advise,
move,
table,
counsel,
advocate,
prescribe,
put forward,
propound,
offer a suggestion=
bring to mind
evoke,
remind you of smack of
connote,
make you think of put you in mind of
Translations
- British English:
suggest
If you suggest something, you put forward a plan or idea for someone to consider.I suggested we walk to the park.səˈdʒɛst; səɡˈdʒɛst VERB I suggested we walk to the park.
- Spanish:
sugerir
v
- French:
suggérer
vt
- German:
vorschlagen
v
- Chinese: 建议 v
- Arabic: يَقْتَرِحُ v
- Portuguese: sugerir v
- Russian: предлагать v
- Croatian: predložiti v
- Czech: navrhnout v navrhovat
- Danish: foreslå v
- Dutch: suggereren v
- Finnish: ehdottaa v
- Greek: υπονοώ v
- Italian: suggerire v
- Japanese: 提案する v
- Korean: 제안하다 v
- Norwegian: foreslå v
- Polish: zasugerować v sugerować
- Brazilian Portuguese: sugerir v
- European Spanish:
sugerir
v
- Swedish: föreslå v
- Thai: แนะนำ v
- Turkish: önermek v
- Vietnamese: gợi ý v
Usage examples
In the meantime, I suggest your curb your tendency to think every person you meet is beneath you.
Jennifer Fallon, TREASON KEEP (2001)Choose from the options below, or suggest a key factor you think we have missed out.
Country Life (2004)And reports surfacing in UK newspapers suggest that the organisation is still sourcing weapons and targeting potential victims.
Irish Times (2002)Had there been no jury in this case, no-one would dare to suggest the Sunday Mirror would put Mr Justice Poole off course.
Glasgow Herald (2001)These are all there is to suggest what The Last Tycoon might have been.
John Baxter, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)
