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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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proposition
English
Etymology
From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin pr?positi?, from the verb pr?pon?.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: präp'?-z?sh??n IPA(key): /?p??p??z???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: prop?o?si?tion
Noun
proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)
- (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
- (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
- (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
- (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
- (grammar) A complete sentence.
- c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:
- Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
- c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:
- (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
- (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
- (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
- A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
- the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
- 1654, Jeremy Taylor, XXVIII Sermons preached at Golden Grove […]
- Some persons […] change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.
- (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
- Misspelling of preposition.
Synonyms
- (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
- (idea or plan offered): proposal, suggestion
- (terms offered): proposal
- (content of an assertion): statement
- (proposed statute or constitutional amendment):
Derived terms
- propositional
Translations
Verb
proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)
- (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
- (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
Related terms
- propose
Translations
Anagrams
- opistoporin
Finnish
Noun
proposition
- Genitive singular form of propositio.
French
Etymology
From Latin pr?positi? (“statement, proposition”), from pr?p?n? (“propose”), from p?n? (“place; assume”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.po.zi.sj??/
- Homophone: propositions
Noun
proposition f (plural propositions)
- proposition, suggestion
- (grammar) proposition
- (grammar) clause
Further reading
- “proposition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
proposition
- Alternative form of proposicioun
Norman
Etymology
From Latin pr?positi?, pr?positi?nem.
Noun
proposition f (plural propositions)
- (Jersey) proposition
- (Jersey, grammar) clause
Derived terms
- proposition prîncipale (“main clause”)
- proposition s'gondaithe (“subordinate clause”)
Swedish
Noun
proposition c
- a proposition, a government bill (draft of a law, proposed by the government)
Usage notes
- bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion
Declension
Related terms
- budgetproposition
- forskningsproposition
- försvarsproposition
- kompletteringsproposition
- kulturproposition
- propositionell
- statsverksproposition
References
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