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Ballot Box for Suggestions Donations Raffles White Glossy Cardboard Boxes with Removable Header in Medium Size 6x6x6 inches with Slot for Tickets and More (2 Pack) 4.6 out of 5 stars 83 Office Product. An idea, plan, or action that is suggested or the act of suggesting it: I don't know what to wear tonight - do you have any suggestions? She made some very helpful suggestions but her boss rejected them all. + that They didn't like my suggestion that we should all share the cost.

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Etymology[edit]

From Anglo-Normansuggestioun, Old Frenchsuggestion (modern French suggestion), from Latinsuggestiō, from suggero(“suggest”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/, [səˈd͡ʒɛʃtʃən]
• (General American)IPA^(key): /səɡˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/, /səˈd͡ʒɛstʃən/

• Audio (US)

• Hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tion

Noun[edit]

suggestion (countable and uncountable, pluralsuggestions)

1. (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

   I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.

   Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.

2. (uncountable) The act of suggesting.

   Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.

3. (countable,psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

   He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.

4. 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.
5. (law,countable)information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworntestimony and evidence

Synonyms[edit]

• (something suggested):hint, incitement, proposal
• See also Thesaurus:advice

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Related terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Albanian: sugjerim(sq)m, propozim(sq)m Arabic: اِقْتِرَاح‎ m(iqtirāḥ), مُقْتَرَح‎ m(muqtaraḥ) Armenian: առաջարկություն(hy)(aṙaǰarkutʿyun) Azerbaijani: təklif(az) Basque: iradokizun Belarusian: прапано́ваf(prapanóva) Bulgarian: предложе́ние(bg)n(predložénie) Burmese: အကြံပေးချက်(my)(a.krampe:hkyak) Catalan: suggerimentm Chinese: Mandarin: 建議(zh), 建议(zh)(jiànyì), 提議(zh), 提议(zh)(tíyì), 提案(zh)(tí'àn) Czech: návrh(cs)m Danish: forslagn Dutch: voorstel(nl)n Esperanto: sugesto Estonian: ettepanek Finnish: ehdotus(fi) French: suggestion(fr)f, proposition(fr)f Galician: suxestiónf Georgian: წინადადება(c̣inadadeba) German: Vorschlag(de)m Greek: πρόταση(el)f(prótasi) Hindi: सुझाव(hi)m(sujhāv), प्रस्ताव(hi)m(prastāv) Hungarian: javaslat(hu) Italian: suggestione(it), suggerimento(it), proposta(it)f Japanese: 提案(ja)(ていあん, teian) Kazakh: ұсыныс(kk)(usınıs) Khmer: ការឲ្យយោបល់(kaa ʼaoy yoobɑl), យោបល់(km)(yoobɑl) Korean: 제안(ko)(jean) (提案(ko)) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pêşniyar(ku), pêşniyaz(ku), teklîf(ku) Kyrgyz: сунуш(ky)(sunuş) Lao: ຂໍ້ສະເໜີ(khǭ sa nœ̄)

Latin: suggestiōf Macedonian: предлогm(predlog) Malay: cadangan Mongolian: Cyrillic: төлөвлөгөө(mn)(tölövlögöö) Uyghurjin: ᠲᠥᠯᠦᠪᠯᠡᠭᠡ(tölüblege) Northern Sami: evttohus Norwegian: Bokmål: forslagn Nynorsk: forslag(nn)n Persian: پیشنهاد‎(fa)(pišnehâd) Plautdietsch: Väaschlachm Polish: propozycja(pl)f, sugestia(pl)f Portuguese: sugestão(pt)f, proposta(pt)f Romanian: sugestionaref, sugestie(ro), propunere(ro) Russian: предложе́ние(ru)n(predložénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пре́длогm, прије́длогm Roman: prédlogm, prijédlog(sh)m Slovak: návrh(sk)m Slovene: predlog(sl)m Spanish: sugerencia(es)f, propuesta(es)f Swedish: förslag(sv)n Tajik: пешниҳод(tg)(pešnihod), таклиф(taklif) Thai: ข้อเสนอ(th)(kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə), ข้อเสนอแนะ(kɔ̂ɔ-sà-nə̌ə-nɛ́) Turkish: öneri(tr), teklif(tr) Turkmen: teklip Ukrainian: пропози́ція(uk)f(propozýcija) Uyghur: تەكلىپ‎ (teklip) Uzbek: taklif(uz), taqdim(uz) Vietnamese: sự gợi ý(vi) Yiddish: פֿאָרשלאָג‎ m(forshlog)

Catalan: suggestióf, suggerimentm Czech: návrh(cs)m Finnish: ehdottaminen(fi) Italian: suggerimento(it)m Northern Sami: evttoheapmi

Polish: sugestia(pl)f Portuguese: sugestão(pt)f Romanian: sugestionaref, sugestie(ro)f Spanish: sugestión(es)f

Catalan: suggestióf Finnish: käsitys(fi), mielikuva(fi) German: Suggestion(de)f

Portuguese: sugestão(pt)f Spanish: sugestión(es)f

Romanian: (please verify)propunere(ro)f

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

suggestion

1. Genitive singular form of suggestio.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latinsuggestiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /syɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/

• Audio

Noun[edit]

suggestionf (pluralsuggestions)

1. suggestion; proposal
2. suggestion(psychology, etc.)

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “suggestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latinsuggestiō.

Noun[edit]

suggestionf (oblique pluralsuggestions, nominative singularsuggestion, nominative pluralsuggestions)

1. suggestion; proposal

References[edit]

• suggestion on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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• noun

Synonyms for suggestion

recommendation

trace

Synonyms for suggestion

a slight amount or indication

Synonyms

• soupçon

Synonyms for suggestion

an idea that is suggested

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

a just detectable amount

persuasion formulated as a suggestion

the act of inducing hypnosis

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