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How to pronounce suggestion in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms proffer, proposition
Type of proposal
Has types trace, approach, breath, feeler, ghost, hint, intimation, overture, touch, advance
Derivation suggest


it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse.
Type Words
Synonyms prompting
Type of suasion, persuasion
Derivation suggest
Type Words
Synonyms hypnotism, mesmerism
Type of influence
Type Words
Synonyms hint, tint, trace
Type of small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity
Has types spark
Type Words
Type of thought, idea
Has types posthypnotic suggestion, glimmering, intimation, inkling, glimmer


the picnic was her suggestion.
Type Words
Type of higher cognitive process
Derivation suggest

Examples of suggestion

suggestion
When it ended, a suggestion was made to hold another get-together in six months.
From the ocregister.com
Have an idea for LiveWellNebraska or a suggestion on other tools we could offer?
From the omaha.com
Renault spokeswoman Caroline de Gezelle said Husson had made no such suggestion.
From the bloomberg.com
Her suggestion that your daughter keep this a secret from you is unconscionable.
From the washingtonpost.com
Democrats were angered at the suggestion that contractors were offered immunity.
From the upi.com
He dismissed any suggestion that the visit was intended to intimidate the agent.
From the latimes.com
There is no suggestion Hasler or Peters are behind the campaign to unsettle him.
From the hepburnadvocate.com.au
So would the suggestion that this dish can be ready after simmering for an hour.
From the guardian.co.uk
Another equally plausible suggestion is that she suffered from manic depression.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • An idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"
  • A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
  • Trace: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
  • Persuasion formulated as a suggestion
  • The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
  • Hypnotism: the act of inducing hypnosis
  • Suggestion is the psychological process by which one person guides the thoughts, feelings, or behaviour of another. ...
  • Hypnosis is a mental state (according to "state theory") or imaginative role-enactment (according to "non-state theory"). It is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary instructions and suggestions. ...
  • Something suggested; The act of suggesting; Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact