Suggestion I Səˈdʒestʃən Open Make Hear Ways Raising

• can i make a suggestion?
• do you have any suggestions?
• i'd like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money.
• are there any suggestions about how best to tackle the problem?

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'd like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money.
• Are there any suggestions about how best to tackle the problem?
• We welcome any comments and suggestions on these proposals.
• 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?
2. a reason to think that something, especially something bad, is true
• synonym hint
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hint_1
• 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.
3. 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.
4. putting an idea into people’s minds by connecting it with other ideas
• Most advertisements work through suggestion.
• the power of suggestion
5. because somebody suggested it
• At his suggestion, I bought the more expensive printer.

Extra Examples

• At the suggestion of his boss, he resigned.
• Can you give us any suggestions for a slogan?
• Does anyone have any suggestions for a title?
• Employee suggestion boxes invite raw ideas.
• He rejected my suggestion as impractical.
• Her eyes contained a strong suggestion of mischief.
• I think we might take up the suggestion of printing the books in Hong Kong.
• I’d appreciate any suggestions you may have.
• I’m not sure what to do with all this money, but I’m open to suggestions.
• I’m open to suggestions on how we should proceed.
• I’ve had several helpful suggestions from colleagues.
• Management welcomes practical suggestions on how to improve the facilities.
• May I make a suggestion?
• May we take you up on your suggestion of sharing the costs for the party?
• Please send your suggestions via email to…
• She left the country amid suggestions that she had stolen from the company.
• There’s no scientific basis to the method—it works by suggestion.
• These healers claim to remove the pain by the power of suggestion.
• They dismissed the suggestion that they hadn’t worked hard.
• They made three specific suggestions.
• This is a book full of provocative suggestions.
• We have noted your suggestion and will give it due consideration.
• analgesia through hypnotic suggestion
• suggestions for further reading
• Do you have any suggestions?
• I’d like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money.
• We are open to suggestions.
• We need to get it there by four. Any suggestions?
• We welcome any comments or suggestions on these proposals.

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’.