suggest

«suggest» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to give an idea or a plan for others to think about — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (suggest, suggests, suggested, suggesting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To suggest is to give an idea or a plan for others to think about. tree →

2) To suggest is to show that something may be true, without saying it clearly. tree →

sense in the lessons

a survey: how many students suggested adding a food, like potatoes or bacon; in class, suggesting ideas in a group; phrases «suggest that», «suggest doing», «a suggestion box»

examples

• tion of numbers and letters ; every letter suggesting a 'number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Israel Davidson for suggesting a few improvements. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• But I wish to call attention to a few points which may suggest a solution or at least guide further investigation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• 324 students suggested adding mashed potatoes. tree →
• 374 suggested adding bacon. tree →
• How many more students suggested bacon than potatoes? tree →
• How many students made a suggestion in all? tree →
• I suggest we play outside. tree →
• She suggested a trip to the zoo. tree →
• Dark clouds suggest it will rain. tree →
• Put your idea in the suggestion box. tree →
• The teacher suggested reading a chapter a night. tree →
• His smile suggested he knew the secret. tree →

note

The number with «suggested» is people, not things. Trap: «how many more suggested X than Y» is a difference of two groups. Say «suggest doing» or «suggest that we do», not «suggest to do». The noun is «suggestion».

In the corpora

• A bot often agrees with whatever you suggest in your question.
• You are responsible for the words you use, even if a bot suggested them.
• When Mia told a bot about a problem at home, the best thing it did was suggest a helpline.
• Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.
• Then you say so and suggest a clock, a calendar or a grown-up, instead of making it up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suggest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.