English
Pronunciation
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Noun
suggestion (countable and uncountable; plural suggestions)
- 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.
- uncountable The act of suggestion.
#: Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- 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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Portuguese: sugestão f
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trans-top|(psychology) Something implied
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Portuguese: sugestão f
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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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