suggest

verb
/səˈd͡ʒɛst/UK/sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛst/US

Etymology

Coined based on Latin suggestus, perfect passive participle of suggerō (“bring up, bring under, lay beneath, furnish, supply, excite, advise, suggest”, verb), from sub (“from below, under”) + gerō (“bear, carry”, verb).

  1. derived from suggestus

Definitions

  1. To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

    • Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
  2. To cause one to suppose (something)

    To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

    • The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.
    • , Book II, Chapter III Some ideas […] are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection.
  3. To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend…

    To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.

    • This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.
    • He suggests that we celebrate with dinner at Bellissimo. He suggests our celebrating with dinner at Bellissimo.
    • The guidebook suggested that we visit the local cathedral, so that's what we did.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To seduce

      To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

      • Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at suggest. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at suggest. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at suggest

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA