Suggest

Definition: Suggest

Suggest

Verb

1. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.

2. Imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification".

3. Drop a hint; intimate by a hint.

4. Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine: "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases".

5. Call to mind or evoke.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "suggest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Suggest

Advice

Verb: advise, counsel; give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice; suggest, prompt, submonish, recommend, prescribe, advocate; exhort; (persuade).

Imagination

Float in the mind; suggest itself; (thought).

Information

Hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink; (indicate); suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.

Inquiry

Question, demand; put the question, pop the question, propose the question, propound the question, moot the question, start the question, raise the question, stir the question, suggest the question, put forth the question, ventilate the question, grapple with the question, go into a question.

Memory

Remind; suggest; (inform ); prompt; put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up; renew; infandum renovare dolorem; jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory; pull by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize.

Supposition

Suggest itself; (thought); run in the head; (memory); marvel if, wonder if, wonder whether.

Allude to, suggest, hint, put it into one's head.

Thought

Occur; present itself, suggest itself; come into one's head, get into one's head; strike one, flit across the view, come uppermost, run in one s head; enter the mind, pass in the mind, cross the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the mind, float in the mind, fasten itself on the mind, be uppermost in the mind, occupy the mind; have in one's mind.

Unbelief Doubt

Throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question; question, challenge, dispute; deny; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion; ergotize.

Crosswords: Suggest

Given the nature of our indigenous population, I would suggest clothes (Alien³; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett)

Sarah is not on a good mood today, so I suggest you play nice (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe)

I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir. (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr)

If you don't want to be counting the fingers you haven't got, I suggest you get those guns (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Um, I suggest a vigorous chest massage, and if that doesn't work, uh, mouth-to-mouth (Superman; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

Due to the content I suggest you'll like this (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

So I would suggest you get undressed (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo)

I Suggest Mine (1980)

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Books

• Environmental care & share : working model constructs which suggest we can do better (reference)

• Managing for Results: Experiences Abroad Suggest Insights for Federal Managment Reforms (reference)

• May I Suggest (reference)

• Medicaid: Demographics of Nonenrolled Children Suggest State Outreach Strategies (reference)

• Molas: What They Are, How to Make Them, Ideas They Suggest for Creative AppliquE (reference)

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Shown is a culture dish containing frozen breast tissue. A technician's hands and test instruments are visible as well. This is used for analysis in estrogen receptor assay test. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Seen are a technician's hands performing a lab test. The test tube with some frozen breast tissue and some liquid are visible, as well as the techician in some slides. This is the estrogen receptor assay being performed at the time of mastectomy. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown are electron micrographs of the family of retroviruses that reproduce in t-lymphocytes. Retroviruses, which cause a variety of naturally occurring cancers in many animal species, also cause cancers in human beings. The first two human retroviruses to be discovered and characterized, human t-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II), have been associated with the human cancers known, respectively, as adult t-cell leukemia and hairy cell leukemia. HTLV-III is the AIDS virus, now called HIV-I. Epidemiologic studies have shown that HTLV-I infection and t-cell malignancy both cluster in certain geographic areas and in certain populations, and suggest that transmission occurs in the household, through sexual contacts, and perhaps at birth. See artwork: GR-30. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pictured is an ear of corn, the kernels are varied in color. Researchers suggest that retroviruses have additional stretches of DNA that act as switches, turning on genes when inserted next to them in the cell's chromosomes. Similar activation of genes causes the variation in pigmentation of these corn kernels. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Announcing the discovery of three black holes in three normal galaxies, astronomers suggest ... Credit: NASA.

I suggest you take a long, hard look!. Credit: Library of Congress.

I have nothing better to suggest at the moment!. Credit: Library of Congress.

War production drive poster. "Save, Serve, Suggest." This is one of a series of "Jap-Germ" posters that were spread through the Westinghouse plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey, under the auspices of the labor-management committee. The two-headed figure, the. Credit: Library of Congress.

I say, do suggest something new. This is becoming too boring. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

People are not so easily got out of their old forms, as some are apt to suggest. (Second Treatise of Government)

In framing any recommendation or draft convention of general application the Conference shall have due regard to those countries in which climatic conditions, the imperfect development of industrial organisation or other special circumstances make the industrial conditions substantially different and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which it considers may be required to meet the case of such countries. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let me suggest a few comparisons, that some one may convey an idea of my situation

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Health

If the findings suggest PID, treatment is necessary. (references)

Nevertheless, some studies suggest matters of concern. (references)

Two experiments suggest that affecting HDL may be beneficial. (references)

Business

CS Osaka would like to suggest foreign suppliers start with small orders. (references)

The authors suggest that vertical analyses involve industry-based comparisons. (references)

Demographics suggest that Greece has a strong market potential for ACR equipment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Benin

Press reports of at least two separate instances of the killing of Fulani suggest that these disputes are intensifying. (references)

Russia

Public statements by some government officials and anecdotal evidence from religious minority groups suggest that the Russian Orthodox Church in some cases may enjoy a status that approaches official. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Many prominent scholars active in opposition politics have retained their positions at state educational facilities; however, some teachers and professors suggest that they have been transferred or fear that they may be transferred to less desirable positions because of their political activities. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

Importers suggest longer-term credits. (references)

Vietnam

However, many suggest the pace needs to be improved. (references)

Tanzania

Discoveries suggest that East Africa may have been the site of human origin. (references)

Human Rights

Tajikistan

However, in practice, bringing charges tends to suggest guilt. (references)

Jamaica

There was no evidence to suggest that the violence was politically directed by the PNP hierarchy. (references)

Singapore

A handful of domestic nongovernmental organizations criticize restrictions on human rights or suggest changes that would relax or remove restrictions. (references)

Indigenous People

Mexico

As a result, 1999 National Indigenous Plural Assembly for Autonomy (ANIPA) statistics suggest that indigenous people have a high rate of illiteracy and a low rate of school attendance. (references)

Minorities

Vanuatu

There is no evidence to suggest a pattern of ethnic discrimination in the provision of the limited basic services that the Government provides. (references)

Bahamas

Unofficial estimates suggest that between 20 and 25 percent of the population are Haitians or citizens of Haitian descent, making them the largest and most visible ethnic minority in the islands. (references)

Political Economy

KUWAIT

IMF statistics suggest the 2000/2001 fiscal surplus reached 37 percent of GDP. (references)

Pakistan

Recent anecdotal reports suggest that this problem may be having a sclerotic impact on the economy. (references)

Ireland

Opinion polls suggest that the number of "Independents" will increase significantly after the next general election. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

However, some individuals associated with President Fujimori have faced investigations under circumstances that suggest political motivations. (references)

Belarus

The disparity between these polls and the official results, which gave Lukashenka 75 percent of the vote and Goncharik 15 percent, suggest widespread manipulation of the totals. (references)

Mali

After local elections in 1998 held to choose council members (who oversee the activities of mayors in the communes and suggest procedures and policies) for the 19 urban communities, the long-awaited rural elections were carried out in May and June 1999. Several opposition parties that had boycotted earlier elections participated in the rural elections with considerable success. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

We suggest you phone for a taxi (your hotel can advise on honest drivers) or have the hotel arrange transport. (references)

Ukraine

If preferred, various agencies in Ukraine can suggest apartment rentals on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis for business travelers. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Embassy continues to receive reports that suggest terrorist action against U.S. interests in Saudi Arabia remains a possibility. (references)

Worker Rights

Paraguay

The reports suggest that traffickers falsely promise the women and girls jobs as models or domestic servants. (references)

United Arab Emirates

Unconfirmed international press reports suggest there are several thousand prostitutes working in Dubai and the northern emirates, with a somewhat lower number working in Abu Dhabi. (references)

Yemen

Observers suggest that the Government likely would not tolerate the establishment of an alternative labor federation unless it believed such an establishment to be in its best interest. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "suggest": do you suggest that ..? ♦ i suggest that ♦ suggest itself ♦ suggest that ♦ suggest the question. Additional references.

Ending with "suggest": s-suggest.

Afrikaans

bied (advance, offer, propose, tender), aandui (indicate, point, point out, show). (various references)

Albanian

sugjeroj (indicate, inspire, propose), propozoj (hold forth, move, nominate, offer, propose, slate, tender), këshilloj (admonish, advise, counsel, exhort, prescribe, recommend, warn). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لمح (allude, behold, catch, catch sight of, descry, espy, glance at, glimpse, hint, imply, see, sight, spy, twig), ‏وسوس, ‏إقترح (approach, hold out, offer, propose, proposition, put, slate, submit, vote), ‏أوحى (hint, inspire, inspire with, insufflate), ‏أشار (advert, allude, beckon, beckon in, connote, denote, designate, indicate, mark, mark out, mention, motion, point, point at, point out, read, record, refer, reference, show, sign, signalize). (various references)

Bulgarian 

споменавам (advert, allude, make reference to, mention, refer), внушавам (carry, implant, imprint, inspire, prompt, put an idea into smb.'s head), навеждам на мисълта, предлагам (bid, hold forth, offer, present, proffer, propone, propose, put forth, set up, think of, vote), правя предложение (propose, vote), подсказвам (give a hint, hint, indite, prompt, tell the answer), подсещам (call to mind, give a hint, remind), изказвам предположение (surmise), извиквам в съзнанието. (various references)

Catalan

indicar (indicate, point out), ensenyar (indicate, point out). (various references)

Chinese 

暗示 (drop a hint, hint, suggestion), 建议 (Counseled, Counseling, Counselled, Counselling, suggested, Suggesting, suggestion). (various references)

Czech

sugerovat, vnuknout (give), naznaèit (indicate, infer, intimate, throw out), navrhnout (bring in, come up with, design, devise, draw, draw up, make a proposal, move, prefer, propone, propose, table). (various references)

Danish

tilbyde (advance, offer, offer up, propose, sacrifice), foreslå (advance, offer, propose), byde (advance, offer, offer up, propose, sacrifice). (various references)

Dutch

aangeven (accord, accuse, convey, declare, denounce, give, hand, hand over, indicate, pass, point out, register, show, spend, state), aanduiden (indicate, point out, show). (various references)

Esperanto

sugestii, sugesti, proponi (offer, propose), indiki (indicate). (various references)

Faeroese

studla (admonish, advance, scold), skjóta upp (advance, offer, propose), fáa til (advance), elva (abet, advance, encourage, impel, instigate, spur on, stimulate, urge), bjóða (advance, bid, invite, make an offer of, offer, propose). (various references)

Farsi 

پیشنهادکردن (Advance, Bid, Motion, Move, Offer, Proffer, Propose, Purpose, Submit), تلقین کردن (Inculcate, Indoctrinate, Insinuate), اظهارکردن (Affirm, Allude, Import, Profess, State, Swan), اشاره کردن بر (Indicate, Infer), بفکرخطوردادن . (various references)

Finnish

ehdottaa (advance, move, offer, propose). (various references)

French

proposer, suggérer (submit). (various references)

French Canadian

suggérez-vous (do you suggest). (various references)

Frisian

oanwize (indicate, point out, show), oantsjutte (indicate, point out, show), oanbiede (advance, bid, introduce, make an offer of, offer, offer up, present, propose, sacrifice, tender), foarslaan (advance, offer, propose), biede (advance, offer, propose). (various references)

German

andeuten (block in, denote, hint, hint at, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, point out, presage, show, signify, to hint, to suggest), vorschlagen (advance, nominate, offer, propose, propound, put forward, slate, submit, to propose, to submit, to suggest), suggerieren (connote), nahelegen (advise, prompt, to suggest). (various references)

Greek 

προτείνω (move, name to, nominate, offer, prefer, proffer, propose, propound, put in, recommend). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעלות במחשבה, להמליץ (boost, recommend), להזכיר (allude, bring to mind, commemorate, mention, quote, refer, remind), להציע (hold out, offer, proffer, propose, submit, supply, tender, unfold), לרמוז (allude, become intimate, hint, imply, lead, mention, record, sound out, tip the wink), הציע (offer). (various references)

Hungarian

tanácsol (advise, counsel, recommend, to advise, to counsel, to exhort, to suggest), javasol (propose, propound, recommend, to advocate, to counsel, to motion, to name, to nominate, to put forward, to submit, to suggest), ajánl (commend, offer, proffer, propone, propose, recommend, to advise, to commend, to counsel, to dedicate, to exhort, to nominate, to proffer, to put up, to recommend, to suggest). (various references)

Indonesian

menyarankan (propose, recommend), menganjurkan (project, recommend), mencadangkan (plan, reserve, set aside). (various references)

Italian

indicare (be indicative of, betoken, denote, direct, indicate, mean, offers, point, point at, point out, put on, recommend, register, say, show, signal), proporre (advance, decide, move, offer, pop, propose, propound, raise), mostrare (appear, bare, demonstrate, display, evince, indicate, manifest, point, point out, prove, show, show off). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

提示 (citation, exhibit, presentation), サイン曲線 (ca et la, commercial jingle, saccharin, sack, sack dress, sacrifice, sacrifice bunt, sacrifice fly, saddle, sadism, sadist, sadistic, sado, sadomasochism, Sahara, sanatorium, sanitary, sanitary napkin, sash, Saskatchewan, Satan, satellite, satellite computer, satellite office, satellite station, satellite studio, satin, satisfaction, Saturday night special, Saturn, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, sauna, sax, saxophone, sine curve, sinusoid, skirt with suspender, soccer, soccer coach, sound, sound box, sound business, sound effects, sound logo, sound man, soundinterface, soundtrack, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southern Cross, southpaw, success, success story, sudden death, suggestion, suspend, suspended game, suspenders, suspense, suspense drama, suspension, sustaining program, Thousand Island). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

サジェスト , ていじ (citation, exhibit, exhibition, in order, letter "T", presentation, regular time, spelling, stated period, successively). (various references)

Korean 

건책하십시요. (various references)

Manx

cur sannish da. (various references)

Papiamen

proponé (advance, offer, propose), indiká (indicate, point out). (various references)

Pig Latin

uggestsay.(various references)

Polish

sugerować (advance), proponować (advance, offer, propose). (various references)

Portuguese

sugerir (bespeak, come up with, hint, imply, indicate, insinuate, inspire, intimate, prompt, propone, propose, smack), lembrar (admonish, call up, caution, hark back, keep in mind, know, occur, put in mind, recall, recollect, remember, remind, smack, to remember, warn). (various references)

Romanian

propune (advance, bring in, motion, move, offer, propose, propound, put up for, tender, vote). (various references)

Russian 

предлагать (hold forth, hold out, offer, propose, proposing, suggesting, suggests, tender, tout). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sugerisati (connote, drive at), zahtevati (call for, claim, demand, entail, postulate, request, require, seek), predložiti (present with, propose, propound, write up), navesti (adduce, bring up, cite, induce, lead, lead on, maneuver, manoeuvre, persuade, plead, prompt, quote). (various references)

Slovene

priporoèate. (various references)

Spanish

indicar (denote, designate, indicate, note, point at, point out, point to, read, show, sign, signal, signify, tell), sugerir (come up with, intimate, invite, prompt), enseñar (chasten, chastise, civilize, educate, hold up, indicate, instruct, learn, point out, profess, school, show, teach, train, tutor), designar (appoint, assign, indicate, label, name, point out, present, show, specify, term), proponer (advance, bring forward, come through with, come up with, let out, offer, posit, proffer, propose, propound, put forth, put forward, put up, tender). (various references)

Sranan

sori (indicate, point out, show). (various references)

Swazi

ku-cabángisa (to suggest). (various references)

Swedish

föreslå (move, nominate, propose, propound, put forward), suggerera, påstå (allege, argue, assert, avow, contend, predicate, state), antyda (adumbrate, foreshadow, give smb. to understand, hint, hint at, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate). (various references)

Thai

แนะนำ (caution, guide, rede), ทำให้นึกถึง. (various references)

Turkish

sezdirmek (adumbrate, let on, make feel, make understand, shadow forth, shadow out), telkin etmek (command, imbue, inculcate, indoctrinate, infix, infuse into, inspire, preach), teklif etmek (hold forth, move, offer, proffer, propose, proposition, propound, tender), tavsiye etmek (advise, commend, exhort, order, preach, recommend), izlenimini uyandırmak, ima etmek (adumbrate, allude to, give smb. to understand, hint at, imply, import, insinuate, intimate, mention, refer, shadow forth, shadow out, sign), fikir vermek (advise, give hints), akla getirmek (be redolent of), aşılamak (bud, engraft, envenom, fertilize, graft, imbue, impregnate, indoctrinate, infect, infuse into, ingraft, inoculate, inspire, instil, instill, pass on an ilness, plant, transfuse, vaccinate), önermek (commit, proffer, propose, propound, recommend, slate, submit, vote), öne sürmek (advance, assert, bring forward, come up with, enounce, put forward, set forth, submit). (various references)

Ukrainian

радити (aread, counsel), навівати (infuse, inoculate), пропонувати (appoint, charge, hold forth, hold out, offer, proffer, propose, put, put forward, set forward, set up, tender, volunteer). (various references)

Welsh

awgrymu (hint). (various references)

Zulu

-phakamisa (advance, commend, offer, propose, recommend, register). (various references)

adjicio, censeo, innui, innuo, innuo, innui, innutum, suade, suadeamus, suadebant, suadebat, suadebimus, suademus, suadendum, suadens, suadensque, suadeo, suadere, suades, suadibilis, suaserunt, suasi, suasisset, suasit, suasuram, suggeras, suggerente, suggerentibus, suggereret, suggeret, suggero, suggesserant, suggessimus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "suggest": suggested, suggester, suggesters, suggestibilities, suggestibility, suggestible, suggesting, suggestion, suggestions, suggestive, suggestively, suggestiveness, suggestivenesses, suggests. (additional references)

Words ending with "suggest": autosuggest. (additional references)

Words containing "suggest": autosuggested, autosuggesting, autosuggestion, autosuggestions, autosuggests, countersuggestion, countersuggestions. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Suggest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: isuggest, sggest, sugest, suget, sugge, suggesrt, surggest, swuggest, uggest. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: guests, gusset.

-2 letters: gests, guess, guest, gusts, suets.

-3 letters: eggs, gest, gets, gust, guts, segs, sets, sues, suet, tegs, tugs, uses.

-4 letters: egg, ess, get, gut, seg, set, sue, teg, tug, use, uts.

-5 letters: es, et, us, ut.

+1 letter: smuggest, snuggest, suggests.

+2 letters: gusseting, struggles, suggested, suggester.

+3 letters: strugglers, suggesters, suggesting, suggestion, suggestive.

+4 letters: autosuggest, gangbusters, mystagogues, outguessing, squiggliest, staggerbush, suggestible, suggestions.

+5 letters: autosuggests, outgoingness, suggestively.