Suggestion
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of inducing hypnosis
(2) The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
(3) An idea that is suggested
"The picnic was her suggestion"
(4) A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
"It was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
(5) Persuasion formulated as a suggestion
(6) A just detectable amount
"He speaks French with a trace of an accent"
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Etymology
From , from , from .
Noun
- 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.
- The act of suggestion.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.