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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#m1)

2) To suggest is to show that something may be true, without saying it clearly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x1)
- Israel Davidson for suggesting a few improvements. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x3)
- 324 students suggested adding mashed potatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x4)
- 374 suggested adding bacon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x5)
- How many more students suggested bacon than potatoes? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x6)
- How many students made a suggestion in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x7)
- I suggest we play outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x8)
- She suggested a trip to the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x9)
- Dark clouds suggest it will rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x10)
- Put your idea in the suggestion box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x11)
- The teacher suggested reading a chapter a night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x12)
- His smile suggested he knew the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/#x13)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/9/)
- [You are responsible for the words you use, even if a bot suggested them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/15/)
- [When Mia told a bot about a problem at home, the best thing it did was suggest a helpline.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/2/)
- [Map apps guess traffic from data sent by many phones and can suggest a faster route.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/17-voice-assistants-recommendations/15/)
- [Then you say so and suggest a clock, a calendar or a grown-up, instead of making it up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suggest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suggest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.