Suggest
[sə'dʒest] or [sə'dʒɛst]
Definition
(verb.) call to mind; 'this remark evoked sadness'.
(verb.) imply as a possibility; 'The evidence suggests a need for more clarification'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
(v. t.) To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
(v. t.) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
(v. t.) To inform secretly.
(v. i.) To make suggestions; to tempt.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Hint, intimate, insinuate, move, propose, indicate, prompt, give an inkling of, refer to, glance at, allude to, put in mind of, remind of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hint, insinuate, propose, allude_to, recommend, intimate
ANT:Declare, propound, enunciate, insist, demand, dictate
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Definition
v.t. to introduce indirectly to the thoughts: to hint.—v.i. to make suggestions.—ns. Sugges′ter; Suggestibil′ity capability of being suggested.—adj. Sugges′tible.—n. Sugges′tion act of suggesting: hint: proposal: incitement temptation: (law) information without oath not being pleadable: the act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures also the idea so suggested; Sugges′tionism the theory that hypnotic effects are entirely due to the action of suggestion upon weak persons; Sugges′tionist one who holds this view.—adj. Sugges′tive containing a hint: fitted to suggest: pertaining to hypnotic suggestion.—adv. Sugges′tively.—ns. Sugges′tiveness state of being suggestive; Sugges′tor; Sugges′tress; Sugges′tum a raised platform.
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Examples
- I would suggest that in the meantime, we remain perfectly quiet, and keep these matters secret even from Oliver himself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- M. Le Gray, of Paris, was the first to suggest collodion for this purpose, but Mr. Scott Archer, of London, in 1851, was the first to carry it out practically. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You need be in no hurry to hear, he said: let me frankly tell you, I have nothing eligible or profitable to suggest. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I am attempting to suggest some of the essentials of a statesman's equipment for the work of a humanly centered politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It flashed upon Miss Pross's mind that the doors were all standing open, and would suggest the flight. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Fred thought it might be well to suggest these masculine examples to Mrs. Garth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Haak from the German Palatinate was one of the earliest Fellows of the Society, and is even credited by Wallis wit h being the first to suggest the meetings of 1645. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It ended in my moving into the house next Lady-day, and starting in practice on very much the same conditions as he had suggested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The manifest advantage of an even track for the wheels long ago suggested the idea of laying down wood and other hard, smooth surfaces for carriages to run upon. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I felt I might, without indelicacy, because the evening she dined with us she rather suggested . Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Under such high patronage most of the ideas and principles of ordnance now prevailing were discovered or suggested, but were embodied for the most part in rude and inefficient contrivances. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To anybody acquainted with the inhabitants of Egdon Heath the image would have suggested Eustacia Yeobright. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Your knowledge of the world, dear aunt, is superior to mine, I suggested diffidently. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Gale suggested that his simple electro-magnet, with its few turns of thick wire, should be replaced by one with a coil of long thin wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Thus, as Mr. Chesterton suggests, no determinist is prevented from saying if you please to the housemaid. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is dangerous to say I am like Tartar; it suggests to me a claim to be treated like Tartar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My friend Tom Gradgrind suggests, Mrs. Sparsit,' said Bounderby, 'that this was merely an oversight. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A remark I made a while ago suggests a thought--and a hope. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But here it may not be amiss to remark a very curious phaenomenon, which the present subject suggests to us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- And this suggests that the aim of education is to facilitate such short-circuited growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The name suggests the use of the telephone, and such indeed is the case. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I felt some hesitation in suggesting rank as high as the colonelcy of a regiment, feeling somewhat doubtful whether I would be equal to the position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were evidently talking of the turn-out, and suggesting what course had best be pursued. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I would therefore take the liberty of suggesting that in our friendly intercourse--which I trust will never be disturbed! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am quite astonished at your suggesting such a thing, Maurice. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If we have dwelt especially on the negative side, it is for the sake of suggesting positive measures adapted to the effectual development of thought. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I don't deny that the course of action I am now suggesting will cost money, and consume time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then, after suggesting some changes to reduce them still further, he went on to say: Here is a chance to save a mill per barrel based on your regular daily output. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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