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suggestion
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman suggestioun, Old French suggestion (modern French suggestion), from Latin suggesti?, from suggero (“suggest”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??d???st??n/, [s??d????t??n]
- (General American) IPA(key): /s???d???st??n/, /s??d???st??n/
- Hyphenation: sug?ges?tion
Noun
suggestion (countable and uncountable, plural suggestions)
- (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
- Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
- The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
- (law, countable) information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence
Synonyms
- (something suggested): hint, incitement, proposal
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Derived terms
Related terms
- suggest
- suggestive
Translations
Finnish
Noun
suggestion
- Genitive singular form of suggestio.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suggesti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy?.??s.tj??/
Noun
suggestion f (plural suggestions)
- suggestion; proposal
- suggestion (psychology, etc.)
Derived terms
- boîte à suggestions
Related terms
- suggérer
Further reading
- “suggestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suggesti?.
Noun
suggestion f (oblique plural suggestions, nominative singular suggestion, nominative plural suggestions)
- suggestion; proposal
References
- suggestion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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conception
English
Etymology
From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?p??n/
Noun
conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)
- The act of conceiving.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
Antonyms
- misconception
Coordinate terms
- inception
Related terms
- conceive
- concept
Translations
See also
- contraception
References
- conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- nonectopic
French
Etymology
From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/
Noun
conception f (plural conceptions)
- conception (of a child)
- conception (beginning, start)
- ability to understand
- viewpoint; angle
- concept, idea
Related terms
- concept
- concevoir
Further reading
- “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- concepcion
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).
Noun
conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)
- conception (of a child)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
- English: conception
- French: conception
conception From the web:
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- is conceived and conception the same thing
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