suggest

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Will this "legalize fraud," as suggested in this piece?

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Quick take

make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suggest gathered in one view.

verb

make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

verb

drop a hint; intimate by a hint

verb

imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suggest.

verb

make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"

verb

drop a hint; intimate by a hint

verb

imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification"

verb

suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"

verb

call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness"

Example sentences

Will this "legalize fraud," as suggested in this piece?

Edit: That's why he can't just say 'as Stross says...' like the commenters suggest.

Then I'd like to suggest those people have standing to at least commiserate with the founder of a failed startup.

Don't cross-examine.> Instead of "you're doing it wrong", suggest alternatives.

I don't like these kinds of posts, because they suggest that happiness is something just within our grasp, if only we did the exact right thing to grasp it.

Your average college professor isn't going to learn how to use a version control system to suggest changes to his student's thesis-in-progress.

I would like to further suggest we end the use of the word "war" in contexts that do not involve mandatory conscription and the deaths of large numbers of combatants until one side totally surrenders.

Now, it's entirely possible that he would never have authorized iOS shipping with a broken maps application, but to suggest that Apple's current direction is anything other than his idea and his impetus is naive in the extreme.

Regarding all the suggestions to change search engines:Deleting the Google search entry is not an action that can easily be undone, and it will have drastic consequences, such as permanently disabling suggestions and instant for omnibox searches.

Now this doesn't mean you have to become a mindless lump, barely moving from the couch and uninterested in even the slightest change; but it's a suggestion that perhaps learning to be happy with what you have, where you are, and with what interests you, is, in the long run, precisely what will make you happy.