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# suggestion

«suggestion» in Mova's school dictionary: **an idea or plan that you offer for others to think about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a suggestion, suggestions)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

- [A dictionary gives spelling and meaning; spellcheck is quick but may suggest the wrong word, so read the suggestion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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