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suggestion noun [ səˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n ]

• an idea or plan put forward for consideration.
• "here are some suggestions for tackling the problem"
Similar: proposal, proposition, motion, submission, recommendation, advice, counsel, exhortation, hint, tip, clue, tip-off, idea, piece of advice,
• something that implies or indicates a certain fact or situation.
• "there is no suggestion that he was involved in any wrongdoing"
Similar: insinuation, hint, implication, intimation, innuendo, imputation,
• the action of calling up an idea in someone's mind by associating it with other things.
• "the power of suggestion"
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘an incitement to evil’): via Old French from Latin suggestio(n- ), from the verb suggerere (see suggest).


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