suggested
- 1Simple past and past participle of suggest.
The report suggested several ways to reduce costs over the next year.
Her clipped tone suggested she was unhappy with the outcome.
Note
One spelling does two jobs, as with any regular verb. Standing alone it is the simple past (the report suggested a fix). After have or be it is the participle of perfect and passive constructions (it has been suggested; a route was suggested). Either way it carries every meaning of suggest: implying, bringing to mind, proposing. In older writing it can also carry the obsolete sense of tempting someone toward evil.
suggested is a form of suggest
suggest, verb: To put an idea or plan forward as a possibility for others to consider, often as a recommendation. Full entry
- Forms
- suggestsuggests he/she/itsuggesting -ing formsuggested past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- suggest → suggested: add -ed
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