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UK
/sədʒˈɛstʃən/
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[ US /səˈdʒɛstʃən/ ]
[ US /səˈdʒɛstʃən/ ]
NOUN
- persuasion formulated as a suggestion
- the act of inducing hypnosis
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a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse -
an idea that is suggested
the picnic was her suggestion - the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
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a just detectable amount
he speaks French with a trace of an accent
a tint of glamour
a hint mockery in her manner
How To Use suggestion In A Sentence
- _Journey_, and which once led him to question whether there was a tree between Edinburgh and the English border older than himself; and to reply to Boswell's suggestion that he ought to be whipped at every tree over 100 years old in that space, "I believe I might submit to it for a baubee! Dr. Johnson and His Circle
- The power of hypnotic suggestion is highly underestimated.
- Thus, I cannot fathom Mr. Halevi's suggestion that the Israelis answer this repudiation of their most basic national rights with still more unilateral concessions, in the form of an open-ended freeze on construction in the disputed territories. Maybe the Right Middle East Term Is 'Peace For Land'
- They describe some gaps in the literature and provide some suggestions for future research.
- There is no suggestion of a pronounced twist in the ventral margin of the jaw of Hynerpeton like that seen in Densignathus.
- He reacted angrily to the suggestion that he had lied.
- The suggestion is sheer nonsense.
- open to suggestions
- Remember that special "dietetic" or "diabetic" foods often cost extra money and may not be much healthier than simply following the suggestions given here. Undefined
- Immediately after she offered the suggestion, a storm broke about her ears.
