| Library / English Dictionary |
SUGGESTION
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of inducing hypnosis
Synonyms:
hypnotism; mesmerism; suggestion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("suggestion" is a kind of...):
influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("suggestion" is a kind of...):
higher cognitive process (cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use)
Derivation:
suggest (call to mind)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An idea that is suggested
Example:
the picnic was her suggestion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("suggestion" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suggestion"):
glimmer; glimmering; inkling; intimation (a slight suggestion or vague understanding)
posthypnotic suggestion (a suggestion that is made to a person who is hypnotized that specifies an action he will perform (usually in response to a cue) after he has awakened)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
Example:
it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
Synonyms:
proffer; proposition; suggestion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("suggestion" is a kind of...):
proposal (something proposed (such as a plan or assumption))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suggestion"):
breath; hint; intimation (an indirect suggestion)
ghost; touch; trace (a suggestion of some quality)
advance; approach; feeler; overture (a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others)
Derivation:
suggest (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)
suggest (drop a hint; intimate by a hint)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Persuasion formulated as a suggestion
Synonyms:
prompting; suggestion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("suggestion" is a kind of...):
persuasion; suasion (the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action)
Derivation:
suggest (make a proposal, declare a plan for something)
suggest (imply as a possibility)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A just detectable amount
Example:
a tint of glamour
Synonyms:
hint; suggestion; tint; trace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("suggestion" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suggestion"):
spark (a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger)
Context examples:
It was on father's suggestion that he went to law college.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For myself, beyond a word or so of suggestion or correction now and again, I took no part.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Judge Scott's suggestion of a trained nurse was indignantly clamoured down by the girls, who themselves undertook the task.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Not a word nor a sign did the dog receive, no suggestion and no clew as to what his conduct should be.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Also complicating cannabinoid pharmacology is the suggestion that some effects of cannabinoids might be moderated by additional receptor subtypes that have not yet been identified or by the vanilloid receptors.
(Anandamide Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
With your permission, I would ask the favor of an interview, as I feel strongly upon the subject, and have certain suggestions which I could only elaborate in a personal conversation.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you're a parent, you get plenty of suggestions on how to raise your child.
(Parenting, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
When the suggestions of hope, however, which must follow here, presented themselves, she could not presume to indulge them.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
But the temptation of a discovery so singular and profound at last overcame the suggestions of alarm.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
These referees each return an evaluation of the work, including suggestions for improvement.
(Peer Review, NCI Thesaurus)
