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Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhg-jest, suh-
Phonetic Transcription : səgˈdʒɛst, sə-

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Définition of suggest

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin suggestus, past participle of suggerere (see suggestion). Related: Suggested; suggesting.
  • verb convey advice, plan, desire
  • verb imply; bring to mind
Example sentences :
  • It was the fact that there was nowhere a touch to suggest preparation for her home-coming.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • How wise his mother had been to suggest that he should go out for a walk.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "Then give them their bridles, and let them range the woods," Heyward ventured to suggest.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The weak spot in his argument was his inability to suggest a reasonable motive.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • That's the only incentive you can suggest for spying, unconnected with my affairs?
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I'd suggest, at a hazard guess, some place in the interior of Pennsylvania.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Somehow the fellow did suggest Kirkwood's caller of the afternoon.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Arthur was quite unprepared for them, and quite unable to suggest an explanation of them.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • But a dangerous precedent,' said Mr Pecksniff, 'permit me to suggest.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • It was only with hesitation that Fonsegue himself had ventured to suggest Dauvergne.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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