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Meaning of suggestion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən

Definitions

  1. Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
  2. The act of suggesting
  3. The act of suggesting.
  4. Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact
  5. Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
  6. The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested
  7. The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
  8. Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence
  9. Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca təklif
Беларуская прапанова
Български предложение
Čeština námět návrh sugesce
Dansk forslag
Deutsch Anregung Suggestion Vorschlag Wink
Eesti ettepanek
Galego suxestión
עברית הצעה
Bahasa Indonesia anjuran cadangan saran sugesti usul
ქართული წინადადება
Қазақша ұсыныс
한국어 묵시 발기 시사 암시 제안 제의
Kurdî namet taqdîm teklîf usûl
Latviešu iedvesma
Македонски предлог
മലയാളം നിർദ്ദേശം
Монгол төлөвлөгөө
Bahasa Melayu cadangan
မြန်မာဘာသာ အကြံပေးချက်
Nederlands voorstel
Português proposta sugestão
Русский предложение
Slovenčina návrh
Slovenščina predlog
Svenska förslag inrådan propå tillbud
Türkmençe teklip
Tagalog mungkahi
Türkçe öneri tavsiye teklif
ئۇيغۇرچە تەكلىپ
Українська пропозиція
Oʻzbekcha taqdim
Tiếng Việt gợi mở khuyến nghị

Examples

“make a suggestion”
“I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.”
“Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.”
“Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.”
“He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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