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suggest
What does suggest mean?
suggest (verb): make a proposal, declare a plan for something.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use suggest in a sentence?
How do you pronounce suggest?
/səɡˈdʒɛst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does suggest come from?
Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of suggest?
Words related to suggest
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “suggest”?
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What does “suggest” mean?
to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify
Not quite: that's what mention means.
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Right! That's what “suggest” means.
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
Not quite: that's what apologize means.
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
Not quite: that's what fold means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “suggest”?
provide
Not quite: provide means something else.
believe
Not quite: believe means something else.
include
Not quite: include means something else.
propose
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