suggestion

Everyday

1. A suggestion is an idea or plan that you offer for others to think about, like «Let's play outside». tree →
2. A suggestion is a small sign or hint of something, like a suggestion of a smile. tree →

In the lessons

In class, pupils make suggestions for improving work, and teachers say «Any suggestions?»; in writing feedback, a suggestion helps you make your work better. In everyday life, families make suggestions about what to eat or where to go. Phrases: «make a suggestion», «have a suggestion», «suggestion box», «at someone's suggestion».

Examples

• Do you have any suggestions for the class trip? tree →
• I have a suggestion: let's take turns. tree →
• We put our ideas in the suggestion box. tree →
• The teacher wrote a helpful suggestion on my story. tree →
• At Mum's suggestion, we took umbrellas. tree →
• There was a suggestion of rain in the grey sky. tree →
• Thanks for your suggestion; we'll try it. tree →
• Benfey's suggestion is certainly ingenious, but perhaps too ingenious to be true. tree →

Note

Countable noun: «a suggestion, suggestions». From the verb «suggest». We «make» a suggestion (not «do» a suggestion). Spelling: double g: s-u-g-g-e-s-t-i-o-n. A suggestion is not an order; people can say no.

In Jewish tradition

In class, pupils make suggestions for improving work, and teachers say «Any suggestions?»; in writing feedback, a suggestion helps you make your work better. In everyday life, families make suggestions about what to eat or where to go. Phrases: «make a suggestion», «have a suggestion», «suggestion box», «at someone's suggestion».

Examples

• The late Madame Blavatsky, my esteemed teacher of Theosophy, and my personal friend, at whose suggestion a friendly alliance between the Hermetic Order of the G. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

Countable noun: «a suggestion, suggestions». From the verb «suggest». We «make» a suggestion (not «do» a suggestion). Spelling: double g: s-u-g-g-e-s-t-i-o-n. A suggestion is not an order; people can say no.