to suggest
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2.1
- verb
- /səˈdʒɛst/
:
sugerir
- The evidence presented in the report seemed to suggest that there might be an oversight in our calculations.
- findings suggest
- evidence suggests
- studies suggest
She tackles, as the class suggests, Islamic art.
- She tackles, as the class suggests, Islamic art.
- And then Augustine goes on and suggests maybe it's something else.
- So this guy's suggesting she may have to go.
- So it's really arrogant to suggest that we are unique and special.
- But Scott Pruitt's EPA suggests huge reversals.
- The inversion of the yield curve suggests yes.
- It's the same in all directions, suggesting it's some new physics.
- And you must then does that suggest that they are absent of bliss?
- And all of this would suggest a gradual change in mental health.
- But that suggests that he had a kind of an agenda.
- Lots of small pilot studies have strongly suggested they are.
Examples
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Our use of ecological measures might suggest an alternate explanation for our results.
Academic text (2011) -
Thinking of this as a single shared drug problem suggests a shared responsibility for controlling that problem.
Academic text (2011) -
And I would suggest it's well worth reading.
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Well, I suggest you just sit still and let them come to you.
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There are also other details that suggest a connection between the two pictures.
Academic text (2011) -
The free world story suggests that the brain works like this.
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There is data that suggests that masks will save lives.
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And all of this would suggest a gradual change in mental health.
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Recent data from surveys of immigrants suggest that the rate may have risen in recent years.
Academic text (2011) -
You haven't made much progress since our last session, so I'm gonna suggest some drug therapy.
Synonyms
834
2.7
Show or suggest that something is likely true
367
3.5
Suggest something without saying it directly
136
2.0
To suggest something in a quiet way without saying it directly
42
7.8
To suggest something bad about someone without saying it directly
14
7.2
To suggest something indirectly without saying it
4
3.4
To suggest something in a quiet, indirect way
To suggest an idea in an indirect way without full details
How Clearly
579
3.0
∞
1.0
834
2.7
∞
2.1
367
3.5
136
2.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Suggest comes from the same Latin parts sub- 'under' and gerere 'to carry', with the idea of quietly bringing a thought to someone's mind; a helpful image is a small gesture that points without words. That's why suggest can mean to 'hint' or to show something without saying it directly.