Suggestion

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈdÊ’É›stjÉ™n/
• IPA: /səɡˈdÊ’É›stʃən/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman suggestioun, Old French suggestion (modern French suggestion), from Latin suggestio, from suggero ("suggest").

Full definition of suggestion

Noun

1. (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.
2. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
3. (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

Synonyms

• (something suggested) proposal

Derived terms

• autosuggestion
• hypnotic suggestion
• power of suggestion
• suggestion box

Related terms

• suggest
• suggestive