suggestive
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5.2
- adjective
- /səˈdʒɛstɪv/
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sugestivo
- On the right, Plato looks intently at Jim with an expression suggestive of desire, child-like wonder, and timidity.
- highly suggestive
- suggestive evidence
- suggestive of asthma
I think this is a a very suggestive idea.
- I think this is a a very suggestive idea.
- And alternatively, although again this is suggestive, it can be made very precise.
- These are really suggestive elements for brainstorming.
- There is a temporality that's involved here in a rather suggestive way.
- And we've really not seen much improvement in wage growth, which is suggestive of some slack in the labour market.
- But I think the passage I just mentioned, these two passages are suggestive that Peter had his Angel and these children had their Angel.
- When someone gives us that kind of reasoning, it's suggestive of the fact that they still want to be the hero on the way out.
- I don't know, but I think it's it's suggestive enough that maybe it warrants further investigation and consideration with an open mind.
- So, so for settlements, potential tombs, suggestive structures that are on the Earth's surface.
- So it's very open-ended in that way and suggestive.
Examples
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Burke's efforts in the Hastings trial are particularly suggestive of the failed political results of anti-imperialist crusades.
Academic text (1999) -
And we've really not seen much improvement in wage growth, which is suggestive of some slack in the labour market.
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I think this is a a very suggestive idea.
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When someone gives us that kind of reasoning, it's suggestive of the fact that they still want to be the hero on the way out.
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And I think that what that suggests is past behaviour is suggestive of future behaviour.
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These are really suggestive elements for brainstorming.
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Her words were indistinct, but the tone of her voice was suggestive of hospitality.
Fiction book (2000) -
So it's strongly suggestive that there's a deeper theory of our experience of the world of space and time that does not have space and time in it.
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Thrale readjusted himself in his chair with a movement suggestive of a deliberate attempt to be casual.
Fiction book (1995) -
The artist's use of color was suggestive of a peaceful beach at sunset.
Synonyms
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4.7
Showing a sign that something is happening
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8.3
Causing you to remember something strongly
Often suggesting something without saying it directly
Antonyms
How Suggestive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suggestive comes from the verb suggest, which means 'to put an idea into someone's mind'; think of it as quietly placing a thought in front of someone. That's why something suggestive makes you think of something without saying it directly.