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Definition: SUGGESTING |
SUGGESTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Suggest |
Date "SUGGESTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? (Monty Python and the Holy Grail ; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin) You're not suggesting I enjoyed that, are you? (Sleeping with the Enemy; writing credit: Ronald Bass) In the Middle Ages you could get locked up for even suggesting it! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Let's sum it up, shall we? You're suggesting what? (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) You aren't seriously suggesting that if I get through the wire and case everything out there, and don't get picked up; to turn myself in and get thrown back in the cooler for a couple of months just so you can get the information you need? (The Great Escape; writing credit: James Clavell) | |
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 | A technique called in situ hybridization shows whether a gene is actively expressed in cells, and also provides clues to the gene's function. This technique has helped identify activated oncogenes in cancer cells, and their normal counterparts in normal cells, in many different species. In this photograph, a labeled DNA segment (a known oncogene) has been put into a mouse oocyte, a cell that develops into a mature egg cell. The labeled DNA has paired with (or hybridized to) multiple copies of RNA in the mouse oocyte. The presence of this RNA (shown here as black dots inside the nucleus of the immature cell) shows that the normal cellular counterpart of the oncogene is active, suggesting that it is critical for normal germ cell development. Expression of genes is manifested by the production of RNA transcripts within cells. Hybridization histochemistry (in situ hybridization) permits localization of these transcripts with cellular or greater resolution. Furthermore, the relative amounts of transcripts detected within different tissues or the same tissues under different states (e.g., physiological or developmental) may be quantified. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Fishermen on the bridge using acoustic instruments to locate tuna. Lookouts also scour the water surface looking for signs of surfacing tuna suggesting the presence of a school. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | To the Nobel Peace Prize Committee -- the undersigned direct this petition to your attention for the purpose of suggesting ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting a genetic cause. (references) | |
Sleep apnea seems to run in some families, suggesting a possible genetic basis. (references) | ||
For many, there is a strong family history of bedwetting, suggesting an inherited factor. (references) | ||
Business | Waiting lines in retail pharmacies are common, suggesting that there are still not enough pharmacies in Poland. (references) | |
Other Latin American countries irrigate more of their land suggesting that Argentina still has a large untapped market for irrigation equipment. (references) | ||
However, patients in this age group (18-24 years) still have the highest rates of oral surgery, a relatively high incidence of decay, and the highest rates of temporary restorations - suggesting the strong need for emergency treatment. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | In May, the PRC-owned newspaper Wen Wei Po criticized RTHK for suggesting that Tibet was a country. (references) |
Libya | In 1992 the Government announced that the ICS would be disbanded; however, its director still conducts activities, suggesting that the organization remains operational. (references) | |
Poland | In May 2000, the Warsaw district court ruled that the daily newspaper, Zycie, must apologize to President Aleksander Kwasniewski for publishing untrue information suggesting that the President had contacts with Russian spies. (references) | |
Economic History | Kyrgyzstan | Independent candidates won most of the seats, suggesting that personalities prevailed over ideologies. (references) |
Philippines | Monthly exports continue to grow but at increasingly slower rates, suggesting that the export boom has run out of steam. (references) | |
Bolivia | The parallel rate has tracked the official rate closely, suggesting that the market finds the Central Bank's policy acceptable. (references) | |
Human Rights | Indonesia | Africans constitute a disproportionately large percentage of those killed while being arrested, suggesting that such killings are racially motivated. (references) |
Iran | The UNSR also reported rumors suggesting that there were more than 80 murders or disappearances over a 10-year period as part of a wider campaign to silence dissent. (references) | |
Malaysia | In October Suhakam Chairman Musa Hitam was criticized by NGO's and by opposition politicians for suggesting that human rights would need to take a "back seat" in the fight against terrorism. (references) | |
Minorities | India | The NCM separate inquiry found evidence suggesting that the Bajrang Dal was involved in the Staines' killings. (references) |
Political Economy | JAPAN | The U.S. government believes that mandatory labeling stigmatizes foods derived through biotechnology by suggesting a health risk when there is none. (references) |
Political Rights | Guinea | There were no charges of widespread, systematic obstruction of pollwatchers, but opposition pollwatchers often were absent from heavily pro-Conte areas, suggesting at least selective obstruction. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bosnia and Herzegovina | OHCHR reports that many women were seen being taken out of the brothels immediately before the raids, suggesting there were leaks to bar owners by police. (references) |
Brazil | During the investigation, federal police found evidence suggesting that the Japanese mafia was involved in trafficking other men and women to Japan from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. (references) | |
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Al Hunt | Senator, you have probed deeply into the Enron scandal and Enron's ties to certain financial institutions like Merrill Lynch, suggesting that maybe Merrill Lynch mislead investors because of its own deals with Enron. |
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| "SUGGESTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 99.79% of the time. "SUGGESTING" is used about 2,343 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 99.79% | 2,338 | 3,804 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,343 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SUGGESTING": pre-suggesting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
suggesting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SUGGESTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 建议 (Counseled, Counseling, Counselled, Counselling, suggest, suggested, suggestion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vihjailetko, etten puhu totta? (are you suggesting that I am not telling the truth?). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | suggérant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | vorschlagend (proposing, submitting), naheliegend (natural, obvious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 昼夜帯 , 十年一" (expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history), 差別表現 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さべつひょう'", じゅうね"ひとむかし (expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history), ちゅうやおび. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 건책. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uggestingsay предлагать (hold forth, hold out, offer, propose, proposing, suggest, suggests, tender, tout). (various references) sugerencia (excitation, inspiration, prompt, suggestion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "SUGGESTING": autosuggesting. (additional references) | |
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"SUGGESTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: duggesting, segestans. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SUGGESTING" (pronounced sugje"sting) |
| 6 | -j e" s t i ng | digesting, ingesting. |
| 5 | -e" s t i ng | arresting, attesting, besting, breasting, contesting, cresting, divesting, investing, molesting, nesting, protesting, reinvesting, requesting, resting, retesting, testing, vesting, wresting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, assisting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, broadcasting, bursting, busting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contrasting, costing, defrosting, delisting, disgusting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, insisting, interesting, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, readjusting, recasting, resisting, roasting, rusting, tasting, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, wasting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-g-i-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: gusseting. | |
-2 letters: guessing, guesting, snuggest, snuggies. | |
-3 letters: gunites, gusting, ingests, nuggets, signets, suggest, tugging. | |
-4 letters: egging, genius, gigues, gneiss, guests, guises, gunite, gusset, gussie, ingest, insets, nugget, signet, singes, steins, stings, suints, suites, sunset, tenuis, tinges, tissue, unites, unsets, unties. | |
-5 letters: etuis, gents, genus, gests, gigue, gists, guess, guest, guise, gusts, inset, issue, negus, neist. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-g-i-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+4 letters: autosuggesting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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