suggest
pronunciation
How to pronounce suggest in British English:
UK [səˈdʒest]
How to pronounce suggest in American English:
US [səˈdʒest]
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- Verb:
- make a proposal, declare a plan for something
- imply as a possibility
- drop a hint; intimate by a hint
- suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
- call to mind or evoke
Word Origin
- suggest
- suggest: [16] To suggest something is etymologically to ‘carry it under’. It comes from the past participle of Latin suggerere, a compound verb formed from the suffix sub- and gerere ‘carry’ (source also of English digest, gesture, etc). Its meaning evolved via ‘heap up, build’ and ‘furnish a supply’ to ‘bring forward an idea’.=> congest, digest, gesture
- suggest (v.)
- 1520s, "place before another's mind; put forward a proposition," from Latin suggestus, past participle of suggerere "bring up, bring under, lay beneath; furnish, afford, supply; prompt" (see suggestion). Meaning "to act so as to call up the idea of (something else)" is from 1709. Related: Suggested; suggesting.
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Example
- 1. I think I 'll suggest it to her .
- 2. Other missives suggest a cavalier attitude to the rules .
- 3. No one dared to suggest building new nuclear plants .
- 4. You 'll never look at food the same way once you suggest introducing a cucumber into the bedroom .
- 5. Can economics suggest a strategy ?