Suggestion - English meaning

noun

Guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action.

Usage examples:

My advice is to see your doctor

noun

An opinion that someone offers you about what you should do or how you should act in a particular situation

Usage examples:

I need some advice on which computer to buy., give someone advice steven gave me some good advice.,…

noun

A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime.

Usage examples:

Police officers are still searching for clues

verb

Inform someone about a particular matter.

Usage examples:

Stella had clued her in about peter

noun

Advice, especially that given formally.

Usage examples:

With wise counsel a couple can buy a home that will be appreciating in value

verb

Give advice to (someone).

Usage examples:

Careers officers should counsel young people in making their career decisions

verb

Something that provides direction or advice

noun

An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.

Usage examples:

Exhortations to consumers to switch off electrical appliances

noun

The act of strongly encouraging or trying to persuade someone to do something

Usage examples:

Despite the exhortations of the union leaders the workers voted to strike., the book is essentially…

noun

A slight or indirect indication or suggestion.

Usage examples:

He has given no hint of his views

verb

Suggest or indicate something indirectly or covertly.

Usage examples:

The minister hinted at a possible change of heart

noun

A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.

Usage examples:

The idea of linking pay to performance has caught on

noun

The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.

Usage examples:

The implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible

noun

A suggestion of something that is made without saying it directly

Usage examples:

[ u ] the implication was that the workers and management had already reached an agreement., [ c ] …

noun

A charge or claim that someone has done something undesirable; an accusation.

Usage examples:

There are grounds for inquiring into the imputations of misconduct against him

noun

A suggestion that someone is guilty of something, or that something is the cause of something else

Usage examples:

An imputation against sb/sth nothing in the report carried any imputations against the company., an…

noun

An allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

Usage examples:

She's always making sly innuendoes

noun

A remark that suggests something but does not refer to it directly, or this type of remark in general

Usage examples:

[ u ] the election campaign was marred by rumor and innuendo.

noun

An unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.

Usage examples:

I've done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations

noun

The action of suggesting, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true

Usage examples:

[ + that ] we resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward., i …

noun

An indication or hint.

Usage examples:

The first intimations of trouble

noun

The action or process of moving or being moved.

Usage examples:

The laws of planetary motion

verb

Direct or command (someone) with a movement of the hand or head.

Usage examples:

He motioned dennis to a plush chair

noun

The act or process of moving, or a particular movement

Usage examples:

[ u ] his range of motion was exactly equal on both sides., [ c ] she moved her finger in a circula…

noun

A plan or suggestion, especially a formal or written one, put forward for consideration by others.

Usage examples:

A set of proposals for a major new high-speed rail link

noun

A statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion.

Usage examples:

The proposition that high taxation is undesirable

verb

Make a suggestion of sex to (someone), especially in an unsubtle way.

Usage examples:

She had been propositioned at the party by a subeditor with bad breath

noun

A suggestion or statement for consideration

Usage examples:

The chairman was advised that it was a risky business proposition.

noun

A suggestion or proposal as to the best course of action, especially one put forward by an authoritative body.

Usage examples:

The committee put forward forty recommendations for change

noun

The action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.

Usage examples:

They were forced into submission

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

Usage examples:

The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip