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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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observe
English
Etymology
From Middle French observer, from Old French [Term?], from Latin observare (“to watch, note, mark, heed, guard, keep, pay attention to, regard, comply with, etc.”), from ob (“before”) + servare (“to keep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serw- (“to guard”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????? (sarwa, “weapons, armour”), Old English searu (“device, design, contrivance, art, cunning, craft, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, ambush, treachery, plot, trick, snare, ambuscade, cleverness, machine, engine, fabric, armor, equipment, arms”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?z??v/, (rare) /?b?z??v/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: ?b-zûrv?, IPA(key): /?b?z?v/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
- Hyphenation: ob?serve
Verb
observe (third-person singular simple present observes, present participle observing, simple past and past participle observed)
- (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- “One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
- (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
- (transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence); to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
- Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
- 2020 (March 7), Jackie Dunham, "Daylight time: How to get enough sleep when the clocks spring forward, CTV News:
- On Sunday, most of Canada will observe daylight time and spring forward an hour in order to reflect the increasing sunlight.
- (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Synonyms
- (follow a custom): celebrate
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- observe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- observe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- obverse, verbose
French
Verb
observe
- first-person singular present indicative of observer
- third-person singular present indicative of observer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of observer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of observer
- second-person singular imperative of observer
Portuguese
Verb
observe
- first-person singular present subjunctive of observar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of observar
- first-person singular imperative of observar
- third-person singular imperative of observar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ob?serve]
Verb
observe
- third-person singular present subjunctive of observa
- third-person plural present subjunctive of observa
Spanish
Verb
observe
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of observar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of observar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of observar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of observar.
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