SUGGEST | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of suggest in English suggestverb [ T ] uk /səˈdʒest/ us /səˈdʒest/

suggest verb [T] (MENTION)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 to mention an idea, possible plan, or action for other people to consider: I suggested an Italian restaurant near the station for the party. formal Might I suggest a white wine with your salmon, sir? [ + (that) ] I suggest (that) we wait a while before we make any firm decisions. Liz suggested (that) I try the shop on Mill Road. [ + -ing verb ] I suggested putting the matter to the committee. [ + question word ] Can you suggest where I could buy a dozen roses?

• I suggest we use Barkers as our main suppliers - they're good and furthermore they're cheap.
• I suggested that we should meet, and they agreed .
• She suggested half-jokingly that they should sell the family car and all buy bikes instead.
• They'd laugh in your face if you suggested me for the post.
• They suggested we meet up at Mustafa's.

Suggestions & proposals

• about
• bounce something off someone phrasal verb
• by implication
• can't
• co-sponsor
• drop
• if you take my meaning idiom
• implication
• maybe
• move
• mover
• nod
• nomination
• nominee
• on the table idiom
• proposed
• put ideas into someone's head idiom
• put someone to something idiom
• put something in phrasal verb
• put something/someone forward phrasal verb

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suggest verb [T] (SHOW/EXPRESS)

B2 to communicate or show an idea or feeling without stating it directly or giving proof: [ + (that) ] There's no absolute proof, but all the evidence suggests (that) he's guilty. Are you suggesting (that) I look fat in these trousers? Something about his manner suggested a lack of interest in what we were doing.

• The latest opinion polls suggest that his days as leader are numbered.
• Current demographic trends suggest that there will be fewer school leavers coming into the workforce in ten years' time.
• There is no scientific evidence to suggest that underwater births are dangerous.
• Studies suggest that regular intake of the vitamin significantly improves brain function.
• Laboratory tests suggest that the new drug may be used to treat cancer.

Showing and demonstrating

• act out phrasal verb
• attest
• bespeak
• breastbeating
• bring
• giveaway
• indicative of something
• indicatively
• indicator organism
• leave nothing to the imagination
• manifest
• outline
• reveal
• spoken
• tellingly
• testimony
• trace
• tribute
• unprivileged
• unproved

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suggest verb [T] (PRODUCE AN IDEA)

formal to produce an idea in the mind: Does anything suggest itself? (= Do you have any ideas about what we should do?) Suggestions & proposals

• about
• bounce something off someone phrasal verb
• by implication
• can't
• co-sponsor
• drop
• if you take my meaning idiom
• implication
• maybe
• move
• mover
• nod
• nomination
• nominee
• on the table idiom
• proposed
• put ideas into someone's head idiom
• put someone to something idiom
• put something in phrasal verb
• put something/someone forward phrasal verb

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Grammar

SuggestWe can use the verb suggest with a noun phrase, a that-clause, the -ing form of a verb or a wh-question word (where, what). … (Definition of suggest from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

suggest | American Dictionary

suggestverb [ T ] us /səɡˈdʒest, sə-/

suggest verb [T] (MENTION)

Add to word list Add to word list to mention an idea, possible plan, or action for other people to consider: They were wondering where to hold the office party and I suggested the Italian restaurant on Main Street. [ + that clause ] I suggest that we ask someone for directions, or we’ll never find the place.

suggest verb [T] (SHOW)

to communicate or show an idea or feeling without stating it directly: His manner suggested a lack of interest in what we were doing. [ + that clause ] She’s applied for a lot of jobs recently, which suggests that she’s not altogether happy with her position. (Definition of suggest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of suggest

suggest This evidence suggests that planning and control each serve a specialized purpose utilizing distinct visual representations. From the Cambridge English Corpus But the evidence of surveys suggests that employees frequently do not exercise much choice at all over their health plans. From the Cambridge English Corpus The model suggests that rebels start off as ordinary robbers. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is not to suggest that there were no philosophical issues at stake. From the Cambridge English Corpus This quotation within a mathematical context makes it possible to suggest an interpretation for a rather difficult philosophical statement. From the Cambridge English Corpus The results suggest that both neural sensitivity and neural efficiency appear to be good predictors of phonetic learning. From the Cambridge English Corpus These observations suggest that identifying the risk and protective factors that may alter individual trajectories is of significance. From the Cambridge English Corpus The authors suggest that representations from one participant's head are aligned directly with those from the other participant's head. From the Cambridge English Corpus These reports, however, suggest a research agenda that is politicised and moralistic. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both models suggest that innovation is rarely a successful strategy for parties out of power. From the Cambridge English Corpus An array of agent-based models have been suggested over the past two decades. From the Cambridge English Corpus The author suggested that this animal might have recovered normal eye alignment. From the Cambridge English Corpus The collective results suggest that neural populations, rather than the individual cell, determine the spatial proper ties of its receptive field. From the Cambridge English Corpus The spatial receptive-field structure of these selection units suggests that they may be sensitive to disparity contrast. From the Cambridge English Corpus In summary, our results suggest that exposure to combinations of environmental stresses may increase the expression of additive genetic variability for fecundity. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of suggest?

Translations of suggest

in Chinese (Traditional) 提及, 提議, 建議… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 提及, 提议, 建议… See more in Spanish sugerir, indicar… See more in Portuguese sugerir, dar/fazer uma sugestão, propor… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian सुचवणे, कल्पना, संभाव्य योजना किंवा इतर लोकांनी विचारात घेण्यासाठी कृती सांगणे… See more ～を提案する, 提言する, ～を推薦する… See more önermek, teklif etmek, tavsiye etmek… See more suggérer, indiquer, insinuer… See more suggerir, recomanar… See more suggereren… See more மற்றவர்கள் கருத்தில் கொள்ளும் ஒரு யோசனை, சாத்தியமான திட்டம் அல்லது செயலைக் குறிப்பிட, ஒரு யோசனை அல்லது உணர்வை நேரடியாகக் கூறாமல் அல்லது ஆதாரம் கொடுக்காமல் தொடர்புகொள்வது அல்லது காண்பிப்பது… See more राय या सुझाव देना, जताना, संकेत करना… See more સૂચન કરવું, સૂચવવા માટે… See more foreslå, antyde, dukke op… See more föreslå, antyda, dyka upp… See more mencadangkan, mengatakan… See more vorschlagen, andeuten… See more foreslå, anbefale, antyde… See more تجویز پیش کرنا, مشورہ دینا, تجویز کرنا… See more пропонувати, радити, вселяти… See more సూచించడం, ఒక ఆలోచన లేదా అనుభూతిని నేరుగా చెప్పకుండా లేదా రుజువు ఇవ్వకుండా కమ్యూనికేట్ చేయడం లేదా చూపించడం… See more প্রস্তাব দেওয়া, পরামর্শ দেওয়া, মতামত দেওয়া… See more navrhnout, naznačit, napadnout… See more menyarankan, menyatakan… See more แนะนำ, ทำให้นึกถึง… See more đề nghị, đề xuất, xảy đến với ai… See more proponować, sugerować, polecać… See more 제안하다, 추천하다… See more suggerire, proporre, consigliare… See more Need a translator?

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  • Verb 
    • suggest (MENTION)
    • suggest (SHOW/EXPRESS)
    • suggest (PRODUCE AN IDEA)
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    • suggest (MENTION)
    • suggest (SHOW)
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