suggest

[Sug*gest·]

To make suggestions; to tempt.

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To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

Verb
make a proposal, declare a plan for something

Verb
drop a hint; intimate by a hint

Verb
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

Verb
call to mind or evoke

Verb
imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

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v. t.
To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

v. t.
To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.

v. t.
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

v. t.
To inform secretly.

v. i.
To make suggestions; to tempt.


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 to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.
Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty. 3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]
Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.
4. To inform secretly. [Obs.] Syn. -- To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.

Suggest

Sug*gest", v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]
And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still.

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

To make suggestions; to tempt.

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Usage Examples

I highly suggest marriage to all my friends who are dating.

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.

I should like to suggest to you that the cause of all the economic troubles is that we have an economic system which tries to maintain an equality of value between two things, which it would be better to recognise from the beginning as of unequal value.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.

And so to those who suggest that we are somehow 'harming' young women by encouraging them to take charge of their health we say this: We are not harming young women by educating them. We are arming them with information that they will carry with them throughout their lives.

I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

I don't want to go on much longer, really. I think that would suggest a lack of imagination. A certain lack of dignity also.

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Other Usage Examples

For many members of Congress, the time for choosing is near - do what the party leadership demands, or do what the people have asked you to do. If my colleagues don't mind some advice from a newcomer, I'd suggest going with the will of the people.

If you're going to go through hell... I suggest you come back learning something.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.

Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.

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