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# suggestion

noun (a suggestion, suggestions)

«suggestion» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A suggestion is an idea or plan that you offer for others to think about, like «Let's play outside». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#m1)
2. A suggestion is a small sign or hint of something, like a suggestion of a smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x1)
- I have a suggestion: let's take turns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x2)
- We put our ideas in the suggestion box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x3)
- The teacher wrote a helpful suggestion on my story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x4)
- At Mum's suggestion, we took umbrellas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x5)
- There was a suggestion of rain in the grey sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x6)
- Thanks for your suggestion; we'll try it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x7)
- Benfey's suggestion is certainly ingenious, but perhaps too ingenious to be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/#x8)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggestion/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «suggestion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suggestion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suggestion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/suggestion.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «suggestion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggestion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«suggestion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/suggestion.html) on Mova free.