# suggestion

Pronunciation: US say "suhg-JES-chuhn" /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/; UK say "suh-JES-chuhn" /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/

## Noun

1. An idea or plan put forward for someone to consider.
   - Simple: An idea or plan that you offer to someone so they can think about it.
   - _The committee adopted my suggestion for reorganizing the weekly schedule._
   - _He offered several suggestions for improving the draft report._
2. The act of putting an idea forward for others to consider.
   - Simple: The act of offering an idea to someone for them to think about.
   - _The new policy was adopted at the suggestion of the incoming director._
   - _Change came slowly, mostly through quiet suggestion rather than open demand._
3. Something implied that the mind is liable to accept as fact.
   - Simple: An idea that is only hinted at, which your mind may take as true.
   - _The mere suggestion that the bridge was unsafe kept drivers away for weeks._
   - _Advertisers rely on subtle suggestions that shape what shoppers believe about a brand._
4. In hypnosis, the act of influencing a hypnotized person through words or gestures so they accept a belief or impulse; also the idea conveyed this way.
   - Simple: In hypnosis, the act of using words or signals to make someone accept an idea or feeling.
   - _Under hypnotic suggestion, the patient recalled details he thought he had forgotten._
   - _The stage performer used suggestion to make his volunteers believe they were freezing cold._
5. In law, information, insinuation, or speculation, rather than sworn testimony and evidence.
   - Simple: In court, a hint or guess that is offered, but not solid proof or sworn words.
   - _Counsel dismissed the rumor as mere suggestion, unsupported by any sworn statement._
   - _The judge warned the jury to disregard suggestions that had never been entered as evidence._

## Origin

It came into Middle English through Anglo-Norman (suggestioun, sugestiun) from Latin suggestiō, from the verb suggerō ('to suggest'), which combines sub- ('from below, up') with gerō ('to bring'). It is equivalent to suggest + -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/suggestion (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).