Suggestion
[sə'dʒestʃ(ə)n] or [sə'dʒɛstʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association.
(noun.) an idea that is suggested; 'the picnic was her suggestion'.
(noun.) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; 'it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse'.
(noun.) persuasion formulated as a suggestion.
Edited by Fergus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.
(n.) That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.
(n.) Charge; complaint; accusation.
(n.) Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.
(n.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.
Edited by Katy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hint, intimation, insinuation, allusion.
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- We have turned our attention to that experiment, on the suggestion of my family, and we find it fallacious. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But naturally enough this suggestion was repulsed by Yuan Chwang. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The whole game was one of subtle inter-suggestivity, and they wanted to keep it on the plane of suggestion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- My friend Dr. Watson made that suggestion to me as we came down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The suggestion was sensible, and yet I could not force myself to act on it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This remained, however, a mere suggestion until many years later, and the one-side printing continued. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The suggestion is not appropriate to our Dora. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Each volume brought a remembrance or a suggestion of his dead friend. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was a suggestion that never afterwards left the imagination of the European princes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A roar of deep-toned applause greeted this suggestion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Burnside's suggestion, therefore, was a good one, and it was adopted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The suggestion was acted upon at Marly in France. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I don't know,' replied Sikes, clenching his teeth and turning white at the mere suggestion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The fat boy almost laughed again when he heard this suggestion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But I merely threw out a suggestion of what might be. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Have you any suggestions to offer? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One or another on 'em,' said the turnkey, repudiating beforehand the refusal of all his suggestions. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His suggestions were finally approved, although they did not immediately find favor in Washington. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Space permits the submission of but a few observations and suggestions on these points:---- _Necessity_ is still the mother of inventions, but not of all of them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When the suggestions of hope, however, which must follow here, presented themselves, she could not presume to indulge them. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He offered these friendly suggestions in such a lively way, that we both laughed and I scarcely blushed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I made suggestions of every kind to get around this phenomenon. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Robert Stephenson was the engineer of this great structure, aided by the suggestions of Fairbairn and other eminent engineers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- His dreams of the past night, mingled with Cassy's prudential suggestions, considerably affected his mind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Wright[61] gives us some very stimulating suggestions here. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was determined to make no further resistance or suggestions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We state these considerations here merely as suggestions that have been made of the way in which the association of seedtime and sacrifice arose. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hence the poverty of their suggestions along educational and artistic lines. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Sam Weller received both of these suggestions with unexpected contempt, and again propounded his question. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I saw no suggestions anywhere. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Edited by Lelia