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sug⋅gest

  [suhg-jest, suh-]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
2. to propose (a person or thing) as suitable or possible for some purpose: We suggested him for president.
3. (of things) to prompt the consideration, making, doing, etc., of: The glove suggests that she was at the scene of the crime.
4. to bring before a person's mind indirectly or without plain expression: I didn't tell him to leave, I only suggested it.
5. to call (something) up in the mind through association or natural connection of ideas: The music suggests a still night.
Origin:
1520–30; < L suggestus (ptp. of suggerere to build up, supply, hint, suggest), equiv. to sug- sug- + ges- (ptp. s. of gerere to carry, do, display) + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
sug⋅gest⋅ed⋅ness, noun
sug⋅gest⋅er, noun
sug⋅gest⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. recommend, advise. 4. indicate, imply. See hint.
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sug·gest   (səg-jěst', sə-jěst')   
tr.v.   sug·gest·ed, sug·gest·ing, sug·gests
  1. To offer for consideration or action; propose: suggest things for children to do; suggested that we take a walk.
  2. To bring or call to mind by logic or association; evoke: a cloud that suggests a mushroom; a ringlike symbol suggesting unity.
  3. To make evident indirectly; intimate or imply: a silence that suggested disapproval.
  4. To serve as or provide a motive for; prompt or demand: Such a crime suggests apt punishment.

[Latin suggerere, suggest- : sub-, up; see sub- + gerere, to carry.]
sug·gest'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to convey thoughts or ideas by indirection. Suggest refers to the calling of something to mind as the result of an association of ideas: "his erect and careless attitude suggesting assurance and power" (Joseph Conrad).
To imply is to suggest a thought or an idea by letting it be inferred from something else, such as a statement, that is more explicit: The effusive praise the professor heaped on one of the students seemed to imply disapproval of the rest.
Hint refers to an oblique or covert suggestion that often contains clues: My imagination supplied the explanation you only hinted at.
Intimate applies to indirect, subtle expression that often reflects discretion, tact, or reserve: She intimated that her neighbors were having marital problems.
To insinuate is to suggest something, usually something unpleasant, in a covert, sly, and underhanded manner: The columnist insinuated that the candidate raised money unethically.
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Suggest

Sug*gest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suggested; p. pr. & vb. n. Suggesting.] [L. suggestus, p. p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest.]

1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. --Locke.

2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.

3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. --Shak.

4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]

Syn: To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.

Suggest

Sug*gest"\, v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]

And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. --Tennyson.
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Language Translation for : suggest
Spanish: sugerir; proponer,
German: vorschlagen,
Japanese: 提案する
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Main Entry: sug·gest
Function: transitive verb
1 : to mention or imply as a possibility
2 : to enter on the record as a suggestion
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