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How to pronounce suggestions

nounB1Common word
suhgJEHSchnz

/səgˈʤɛs.ʧn̩z/

3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.

Form of suggestion

Ideas that you offer to help people decide what to do or how to do something.

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Meanings & examples

plural noun

Ideas that you offer to help people decide what to do or how to do something.

Do you have any suggestions for improving the restaurant?

I appreciate your suggestions for our group project.

plural noun

Signs or indirect indications that make you think something may be true or may happen without saying it directly.

There were suggestions of fraud in the report.

The article contains suggestions that the plan may fail.

Good to know

Here, suggestions means indirect signs or ideas, not advice.

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