suggest
Other forms: suggested; suggests; suggesting
To suggest is to propose or hint. If you suggest going out for ice cream, nobody's going to object. If you suggest that your sister should get the frozen yogurt instead, she might think you are suggesting something about her weight.
The verb suggest is also used when people speak about scientific research. Experimental results are often used to suggest whether a theory might be correct. For example, if a patient takes a new drug and starts feeling better, that will suggest the drug is working. Suggest can also mean to drop a hint. If you find a polite way to suggest that the pot roast is inedible, you don't come out and declare it directly. You wouldn't want to hurt Mom's feelings.
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make a proposal; declare a plan for something
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advocate, recommend, urge
push for something
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advance, throw out
bring forward for consideration or acceptance
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proposition
suggest sex to
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feed back
respond to a query or outcome
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posit, put forward, state, submit
put before
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make a motion, move
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
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type of:
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declare
state emphatically and authoritatively
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call to mind
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imply as a possibility
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drop a hint; intimate by a hint
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suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
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synonyms:
indicate
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Antonyms:
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contraindicate
make a treatment inadvisable
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type of:
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inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
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contraindicate
/sə(g)ˈdʒɛst/
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