suggest
verbEtymology
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).
- derived from suggestus
Definitions
To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
- Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?
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.
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.
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To seduce
To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
- Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested.
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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.
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