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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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report
English
Etymology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin report?re (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + port?re.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???p??t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???p??t/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /???po?t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /???po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /???po?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
report (third-person singular simple present reports, present participle reporting, simple past and past participle reported)
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). [from 15thc.]
- (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th-18thc.]
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15thc.]
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). [from 19thc.]
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19thc.]
- (transitive, intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19thc.]
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
- In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.
- (politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (obsolete) To refer.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- Baldwin, his son, […] succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almerick, and will spare the repeating his description.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
Derived terms
- aforereported
- reporter
- underreport
- unreported
Translations
Noun
report (plural reports)
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- Reputation.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 34
- While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- […] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 34
- An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Synonym: subordinate
Derived terms
- (piece of information): on report, report card
- (employee): direct report, indirect report
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (rep?to), ???? (rip?to)
Translations
Further reading
- Report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Report in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Perrot, Porter, perrot, porret, porter, pretor, proter, troper
French
Etymology
deverbal of reporter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p??/
Noun
report m (plural reports)
- postponement
- deferment
Synonyms
- ajournement
Further reading
- “report” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- porter
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