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suggestion

/səˈʤɛsʧən/

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noun

plural -tions

[count] an idea about what someone should do or how someone should behave

Do you have any suggestions?

Please send comments and suggestions to our post office box.

I have a suggestion: call the store and ask them about it.

I'd like to offer/make a suggestion.

I am always open to suggestions. [=ready to hear new ideas]

something that is said in an indirect way

I'm shocked at the suggestion that he deliberately cheated. = The very suggestion that he deliberately cheated is shocking (to me).

I reject his suggestion that we shouldn't have helped them.

an action, quality, appearance, etc., that seems to indicate the presence or existence of something [count]

usually singular

There was a suggestion of boredom in his tone of voice. [noncount]

They were careful to avoid any suggestion of impropriety. [=avoid doing anything that could be seen as improper]

There was some suggestion of swelling around his ankle. [=his ankle appeared to be slightly swollen]

[count] :a very small amount of something - usually singular

a flavor of chocolate with a (slight) suggestion [=hint] of pepper

[noncount] :the process by which you make people think or feel something by saying, expressing, or showing something that is related only indirectly

trying to influence people's thoughts by using suggestion

The director relies on the power of suggestion rather than explicitly showing the murder.

at/on someone's suggestion

because someone said that you should

On his suggestion, I applied for the job. [=I applied for the job because he suggested that I should]

She went to Germany at my suggestion.