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suggestion
/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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What does suggestion mean?
noun
- Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- The act of suggesting.
- Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
More meanings (2)
noun
- 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.
- Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
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IPA pronunciation
/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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Crudely as it had been told to him, it had yet stirred him by its suggestion of a strange, almost modern romance.
He pitied M. de Bellegarde’s wife, especially since she was a silly, thirstily-smiling little brunette, with a suggestion of an unregulated heart.
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Some envious outsider made the suggestion that no one was eligible for membership who was not white enough to show blue veins.
However indifferent it may be supposed, a crowd, as a rule, is in a state of expectant attention, which renders suggestion easy.
This extremely artful suggestion Mr. Barkis accompanied with a nudge of his elbow that gave me quite a stitch in my side.