suggestion

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Editorial note

I think we saw multiple proposals for this on Hacker News, so thanks for the suggestion.

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Quick take

an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"

noun

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

noun

a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suggestion.

noun

an idea that is suggested; "the picnic was her suggestion"

noun

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"

noun

a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

noun

persuasion formulated as a suggestion

noun

the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

noun

the act of inducing hypnosis

Example sentences

I think we saw multiple proposals for this on Hacker News, so thanks for the suggestion.

I think people are missing the point, his suggestion is not meant to be taken literally.

Regarding your first complaint, I find that 90% of the time the suggestion for a different spelling is in fact the search I wanted.

An additional suggestion- don't show username on pending comments.

Any suggestion that Google is disclosing information about our users Internet activity on such a scale is completely false.

Any suggestion that Google is disclosing information about our users Internet activity on such a scale [as of the Verizon order] is completely false.

A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide.

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.