Suggestion I Səˈdʒestʃən Extra Examples Noun Make Offer

• can i make a suggestion?
• do you have any suggestions?
• i would like to offer a suggestion.
• he rejected my suggestion as impractical.

suggestion

1. an idea or a plan that you mention for somebody else to think about
• Can I make a suggestion?
• Do you have any suggestions?
• I would like to offer a suggestion.
• He rejected my suggestion as impractical.
• The report offers suggestions for improvement to policy.
• I'd like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money.
• We welcome any comments and suggestions on these proposals.
• Are there any suggestions about how best to tackle the problem?
• He agreed with my suggestion that we should change the date.
• We are open to suggestions (= willing to listen to ideas from other people).
• We need to get it there by four. Any suggestions?

Extra Examples

• Can you give us any suggestions for a slogan?
• They made three specific suggestions.
• Please send your suggestions via email to…
• Employee suggestion boxes invite raw ideas.
• I've had several helpful suggestions from colleagues.
• Management welcomes practical suggestions on how to improve the facilities.
• I think we might take up the suggestion of printing the books in Hong Kong.
• I'd appreciate any suggestions you may have.
• We have noted your suggestion and will give it due consideration.
• suggestions for further reading
2. a reason to think that something, especially something bad, is true
• SYNONYM hint
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hint_2
• A spokesman dismissed any suggestion of a boardroom rift.
• There is no suggestion of any impropriety.
• There was no suggestion that he was doing anything illegal.

Extra Examples

• She left the country amid suggestions that she had stolen from the company.
• They dismissed the suggestion that they hadn't worked hard.
• This is a book full of provocative suggestions.
3. putting an idea into people’s minds by connecting it with other ideas
• Most advertisements work through suggestion.
• the power of suggestion

Extra Examples

• There's no scientific basis to the method—it works by suggestion.
• These healers claim to remove the pain by the power of suggestion.
• analgesia through hypnotic suggestion
4. a slight amount or sign of something
• SYNONYM trace
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/trace_2
• She looked at me with just a suggestion of a smile.
• He spoke English with a suggestion of a French accent.
• Her eyes contained a strong suggestion of mischief.
5. because somebody suggested it
• At his suggestion, I bought the more expensive printer.
• At the suggestion of his boss, he resigned.

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘an incitement to evil’): via Old French from Latin suggestio(n-), from the verb suggerere, from sub- ‘from below’ + gerere ‘bring’.