suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion
səg-ˈjes-chən 
sə-ˈjes-,
-ˈjesh-
1
a
: the act or process of suggesting
b
: something suggested
2
a
: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea
the power of suggestion
b
: the process by which one thought leads to another especially through association of ideas
3
: a slight indication : trace
a suggestion of a smile
Examples of suggestion in a Sentence
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 a suggestion.
I reject his suggestion that we shouldn't have helped them.
trying to influence people's thoughts by using suggestion
The director relies on the power of suggestion rather than explicitly showing the murder.
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Tricia had just moved to the area from Florida and didn’t have any suggestions as to where to go.
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Want to send thoughts or suggestions to Data Sheet?
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Wiles' TikTok account, with more than 60,000 followers, features skits of Vance with thick eyeliner and touting out-there political suggestions.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Want to send thoughts or suggestions to Data Sheet?
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Wiles' TikTok account, with more than 60,000 followers, features skits of Vance with thick eyeliner and touting out-there political suggestions.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for suggestion
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“Suggestion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suggestion. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion
sə(g)-ˈjes-chən
-ˈjesh-
1
a
: the act or process of suggesting
b
: something (as a thought or plan) that is suggested
2
a
: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea
the power of suggestion
b
: the process by which one thought leads to another especially through association of ideas
c
: a way of influencing attitudes and behavior hypnotically
3
: a slight indication
a suggestion of a smile
Medical Definition
suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion
sə(g)-ˈjes-chən, -ˈjesh-
1
a
: the act or process of impressing something (as an idea, attitude, or desired action) upon the mind of another
suggestion in response to propaganda—Psychological Abstracts
Psychological Abstracts
b
: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea
the power of suggestion
2
: something impressed upon the mind by suggestion
the posthypnotic carrying out of suggestions held in the unconscious—G. S. Blum
G. S. BlumLegal Definition
suggestion
noun
sug·ges·tion
1
a
: the act or process of suggesting
b
: something suggested
2
: an entry on the record of a fact or circumstance (as the death or insolvency of a party) material to a case and essential for the court in making its determination
reference to a party's death in a pleading was not the equivalent of a formal suggestion of death on the record—Kissic v. Liberty Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 641 So. 2d 250 (1994)
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