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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
suggestion From the web:
- what suggestion does simon make
- what suggestion mean
- what suggestions can improve the company
- what suggestion does piggy make
- what suggestion was offered for moving the body
- what suggestions are made with coding covid-19
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- what suggestions to improve company
recommend
English
Etymology
From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commend?re.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??k??m?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- Hyphenation: rec?om?mend
Verb
recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)
- (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- A city that has much to recommend it.
- (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
- A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advise
Antonyms
- deprecate
- disrecommend
- discourage
- disapprove
- oppose
Derived terms
Related terms
- recommendation
Translations
Anagrams
- commender
Middle English
Verb
recommend
- Alternative form of recommenden
recommend From the web:
- what recommendations are made to motivate achievement
- what recommend mean
- what recommended tire pressure
- how to improve achievement motivation
- how to increase achievement motivation
- what is motivation achievement
- how to develop achievement motivation
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