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1. An idea that is suggested
   "the picnic was her suggestion"
    
2. A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
   "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse";
   - proposition, proffer
    
3. A just detectable amount
   "he speaks French with a suggestion of an accent";
   - trace, hint, tint
    
4. Persuasion formulated as a suggestion
   - prompting
    
5. The sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
    
6. The act of inducing hypnosis
   - hypnotism, mesmerism

Derived forms: suggestions

Type of: higher cognitive process, idea, influence, persuasion, proposal, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, suasion [rare], thought

Encyclopedia: Suggestion