suggestion

  • 21suggestion — sug|ges|tion W2S1 [səˈdʒestʃən US səg ] n 1.) an idea, plan, or possibility that someone mentions, or the act of mentioning it ▪ Any helpful suggestions would be welcome. suggestion that ▪ the suggestion that houses should be built on this site ▪ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22suggestion — [[t]səʤe̱stʃ(ə)n, AM səgʤ [/t]] ♦♦♦ suggestions 1) N COUNT: oft N of/for n/ ing If you make a suggestion, you put forward an idea or plan for someone to think about. The dietitian was helpful, making suggestions as to how I could improve my diet …

    English dictionary

  • 23suggestion — noun 1 (C) an idea, plan, or possibility that someone mentions: have a suggestion: We ve had several suggestions on a name for the baby. | make a suggestion: Can I just make one suggestion about how we might do this? (+ that): He rejected my… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24Suggestion — Der Begriff Suggestion wurde im 17./18. Jahrhundert eingeführt und bezeichnet die manipulative Beeinflussung einer Vorstellung oder Empfindung mit der Folge, dass die Manipulation nicht wahrgenommen wird oder zumindest zeitweise für das… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 25suggestion — /seuhg jes cheuhn, seuh /, n. 1. the act of suggesting. 2. the state of being suggested. 3. something suggested, as a piece of advice: We made the suggestion that she resign. 4. a slight trace: He speaks with a suggestion of a foreign accent. 5.… …

    Universalium

  • 26Suggestion — Beeinflussung * * * Sug|ges|ti|on [zʊgɛs ti̯o:n], die; , en: 1. a) <ohne Plural> geistig seelische Beeinflussung eines Menschen [mit dem Ziel, ihn zu einem bestimmten Verhalten zu veranlassen]: jmds. Meinung durch Suggestion manipulieren.… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 27SUGGESTION — s. f. Instigation. Il ne se dit qu en mauvaise part. Pernicieuse, dangereuse suggestion. Il a fait telle chose à la suggestion d un tel. Céder aux suggestions de l amour propre. C est une suggestion du malin esprit. Une suggestion diabolique. Ce… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 28SUGGESTION — n. f. Action de suggérer ou Résultat de cette action. Il a fait telle chose à la suggestion d’un tel. Une suggestion diabolique. Pernicieuse suggestion. Les suggestions de l’amour propre. Ce que je vous en dis est une simple suggestion. En termes …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 29suggestion — (su gjè stion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Insinuation mauvaise. •   Allez avec celui [le démon] qui vous connaît, et dont vous avez suivi les suggestions, BOSSUET Méd. sur l Év. dern. sem. du Sauveur, 39e jour.. •   On dit même que… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 30suggestion — Synonyms and related words: admonition, advice, advising, advocacy, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, ascendancy, aspersion, assumption, authority, bare suggestion, breath, briefing, broad hint, cast, catchword, caution, caveat,… …

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