Associations to the word «Suggest»

Wiktionary

SUGGEST, verb. (transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
SUGGEST, verb. To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
SUGGEST, verb. (transitive) To ask for without demanding.
SUGGEST, verb. (transitive) To recommend.
SUGGEST, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.

Dictionary definition

SUGGEST, verb. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax".
SUGGEST, verb. Drop a hint; intimate by a hint.
SUGGEST, verb. Imply as a possibility; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification".
SUGGEST, verb. Suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases".
SUGGEST, verb. Call to mind; "this remark evoked sadness".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats