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suggestion

sug·ges·tion

UK/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ US/səˈd͡ʒɛʃ.t͡ʃən/ fairly common

noun

1.

an idea that is suggested

  • “the picnic was her suggestion”
2.

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

  • “it was a suggestion we couldn”
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3.

a just detectable amount

  • “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”
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5.

the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

6.

Origin

From Middle English suggestion, from Anglo-Norman suggestioun, sugestiun, from Latin suggestiō, from suggerō (“suggest”, verb), from Latin sub- (“from below, up”) + gerō (“to bring”). Equivalent to suggest + -ion. Related to English up-, cast.

Phrases

  • hypnotic suggestion
  • posthypnotic suggestion
  • power of suggestion
  • serving suggestion
  • suggestion box

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