suggest
/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst/ verb A2- To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something). · Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
- To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something). · The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.· , Book II, Chapter III Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
- To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it. · This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.· He suggests that we celebrate with dinner at Bellissimo. He suggests our celebrating with dinner at Bellissimo.
He/she/it suggests · Past suggested · Past participle suggested · -ing form suggesting
Verb forms
- Base form
- suggest
- He/she/it
- suggests
- Past
- suggested
- Past participle
- suggested
- -ing form
- suggesting
From the library
The mark was put by Barker’s bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.
If there had been nothing else, this incident alone would have suggested a prearranged conspiracy to my mind.”
“The mere fact that the ring should be absent, whoever may have removed it, would suggest to anyone’s mind, would it not, that the marriage and the tragedy were connected?”
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