The process by which an idea is brought to the mind through its connection or association with another idea already in the mind.noun148The definition of a suggestion is a proposal made or an idea that has been put forth.
An example of suggestion is when someone offers up an idea for what to do that evening.noun50A psychological process by which an idea is induced in or adopted by another without argument, command, or coercion.noun30A suggesting or being
Just a suggestion of makeup; the first suggestion of trouble ahead.noun20An idea or response so induced.noun65Something suggested.
Are you going to follow my suggestions?noun43Something suggested.noun66An idea or response so induced.noun00AdvertisementThe idea induced or the stimulus used to induce it.noun00(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.noun00(uncountable) The act of suggesting.
Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.noun00(countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.noun00A psychological process by which an idea is induced in or adopted by another without argument, command, or coercion.noun23AdvertisementInducing of an idea that is accepted or acted on readily and uncritically, as in hypnosis.noun01The act of suggesting.
Bought the book at my suggestion.noun13The sequential process by which one thought or mental image leads to another.