suggest

suggest
verb
1 propose sth/state sth indirectly
ADVERB
▪ highly (esp. AmE), strongly
▪

I strongly suggest keeping personal and business accounts separate.

▪ tentatively
▪

I tentatively suggested that she might be happier working somewhere else.

▪ gently, humbly, politely, respectfully, tactfully
▪

I would respectfully suggest a different explanation for the company's decline.

▪ seriously
▪

You're not seriously suggesting that is a plausible explanation?

▪ jokingly
▪ hopefully
▪

‘We could go for a drive.’ Nate suggested hopefully.

▪ helpfully
▪

‘Shall I tell them you're unwell?’ Alice suggested helpfully.

▪ falsely, rightly
▪ initially, originally, previously
▪ merely
▪

I am merely suggesting that there is more than one way to view this matter.

VERB + SUGGEST
▪ seem reasonable to
▪

It seems reasonable to suggest that all life forms on earth share a common origin.

▪ be far-fetched to, seem far-fetched to
▪

It is not far-fetched to suggest a connection between them.

▪ be wrong to
▪ be tempting to
▪ dare (to)
▪

How dare you suggest such a thing?

▪ hesitate to
▪ not mean to
▪

I do not mean to suggest that the poem is purely biographical.

PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪

She suggested John as chairman.

▪ for
▪

Who would you suggest for the job?

▪ to
▪

He suggested to the committee that they delay making a decision.

PHRASES
▪ can I suggest … , I suggest … , I would suggest … , may I suggest … 
▪

I would suggest that you see your doctor about this.

2 show sth in an indirect way
ADVERB
▪ certainly, clearly, strongly
▪

The evidence suggests quite strongly that the fire was caused by an explosion.

▪ subtly
▪ implicitly, indirectly
▪

The novel implicitly suggests that racism can explain the murder.

▪ otherwise
▪

The evidence suggests otherwise.

VERB + SUGGEST
▪ seem to
▪

The evidence seems to suggest that he did steal the money.

▪ be meant to
▪

The ending is meant to suggest a form of redemption.

Suggest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑argument, ↑article, ↑author, ↑common sense, ↑critic, ↑data, ↑detail, ↑difference, ↑document, ↑essay, ↑estimate, ↑evidence, ↑examination, ↑example, ↑experience, ↑experiment, ↑expert, ↑explanation, ↑expression, ↑figure, ↑finding, ↑forecast, ↑guideline, ↑history, ↑hypothesis, ↑image, ↑indication, ↑indicator, ↑inspection, ↑intuition, ↑investigation, ↑manner, ↑metaphor, ↑name, ↑painting, ↑panel, ↑passage, ↑poll, ↑reasoning, ↑recommendation, ↑record, ↑remark, ↑report, ↑research, ↑researcher, ↑result, ↑review, ↑scientist, ↑source, ↑statistics, ↑study, ↑survey, ↑text, ↑theory, ↑tone, ↑trend, ↑writer, ↑writing
Suggest is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alternative, ↑amendment, ↑analogy, ↑answer, ↑caution, ↑compromise, ↑diagnosis, ↑existence, ↑guideline, ↑hypothesis, ↑idea, ↑importance, ↑improvement, ↑increase, ↑involvement, ↑link, ↑measure, ↑mechanism, ↑modification, ↑motive, ↑need, ↑origin, ↑parallel, ↑possibility, ↑presence, ↑reading, ↑reason, ↑remedy, ↑revision, ↑scenario, ↑solution, ↑strategy, ↑treatment, ↑trend

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  • Suggest — Sug*gest , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suggested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suggesting}.] [L. suggestus, p. p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See {Jest}.] 1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • suggest — sug·gest vt 1: to mention or imply as a possibility 2: to enter on the record as a suggestion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. suggest …   Law dictionary

  • suggest — [v1] convey advice, plan, desire advance, advise, advocate, broach, commend, conjecture, exhort, give a tip*, move, offer, plug*, pose, prefer, propone, propose, proposition, propound, put, put forward, put in two cents*, put on to something*,… …   New thesaurus

  • Suggest — Sug*gest , v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suggest — 1520s, from L. suggestus, pp. of suggerere (see SUGGESTION (Cf. suggestion)). Related: Suggested; suggesting …   Etymology dictionary

  • suggest */*/*/ — UK [səˈdʒest] / US [səɡˈdʒest] verb [transitive] Word forms suggest : present tense I/you/we/they suggest he/she/it suggests present participle suggesting past tense suggested past participle suggested Get it right: suggest: When suggest means to …   English dictionary

  • suggest — sug|gest W1S1 [səˈdʒest US səgˈdʒest] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of suggerere to put under, provide, suggest , from sub ( SUB ) + gerere to carry ] 1.) to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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