1reporting verb Put forward for consideration.

1. 1.1with object Cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case.
   finds of lead coffins suggested a cemetery north of the river

   with clause the temperature wasn't as tropical as the bright sunlight may have suggested

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Your cautious movement down the banister suggests a desire to move from an intellectual plane to a less cerebral level.
   • Another possibility suggested by these results is that age gap might also moderate our gender composition findings.
   • After losing last season to a broken leg, he has led them back to the play-offs in a manner that suggests the lessons weren't lost.
   • Some studies have even suggested a link between excessive early television watching and future attention problems.
   • However, the signals did not move from the area close to his home, suggesting it was either discarded, or that Robert was near by.
   • Residues of zinc and lead may suggest experiments in pottery glaze manufacture.
   • Much evidence suggests the presence of tonic neurogenic inhibition in the colon.
   • The fact that peace rallies are being held suggests a process of thinking that needs to be acknowledged.
   • Sheringham left Old Trafford in the summer and the evidence now suggests it was a shrewd move.
   • Some findings even suggest that artificially boosting self-esteem may lower subsequent academic performance.
   • The fact a urine sample had been requested may reasonably have suggested an infection.
   • The name Ani is thought to be derived from Anahit, the Persian water goddess, suggesting an even earlier occupation of the site.
   • Recent articles and letters suggest a bollard is not a popular proposal in the Straylands area.
   • The results also suggest the possibility of transport of small molecules within and along tendons in vivo.
   • But I want to emphasize that the communications we have had with customers strongly suggest otherwise.
   • Let me point to one recent anecdote that to me suggests such overreaching is possible.
   • Genetic origins are suggested by studies of twins and a higher incidence of recurrence among siblings.
   • All these products are promoted with an élan that suggests high profit margins.
   • The scientific evidence strongly suggests a link between cigar smoking and cancer of the pancreas.
   • An unfinished lead buckle suggests some metalworking was taking place at the site, and there are also crucibles.

   Synonyms

   indicate, lead to the belief, give the impression, give the idea, argue, point to, demonstrate, show, evince

   hint, insinuate, imply, intimate, drive at, indicate
2. 1.2 State or express indirectly.
   with clause are you suggesting that I should ignore her?

   with object the seduction scenes suggest his guilt and her loneliness

   Example sentencesExamples

   • But London has to act on any feedback which suggests its efforts are being scotched north of the border.
   • These figures suggest a further significant increase, but they need to be treated with some caution.
   • Consensus trees should be interpreted with care as they may not be the most parsimonious hypotheses suggested by the data.
   • Are you suggesting that sun moves around the earth and that Copernicus and Galileo were wrong?
   • But evidence suggests a different story, and one that is worrying for quite the opposite reason.
   • The same logic that suggested using water for heat dictated using sun for light.
   • He does however believe that it is perfectly reasonable to suggest that God has always existed and always will.
   • In short, it suggested to Russell how to show that logic and mathematics are identical.
   • More specifically, the findings suggest what sorts of strategies would be most acceptable to the target population.
   • But because he is a doctor, Reuters is suggesting to readers that his word is necessarily authoritative.
   • Shifting his imposing frame, his expression takes on a thunderous aspect, suggesting this is the wrong question to ask.
   • Further investigation will be necessary to test these hypotheses suggested by the observations in the present study.
   • It is not suggested in argument that a tort, if it existed under Community Law would be restricted.
   • Each zone also suggests which types of cardio best attack your problem areas.
   • Such scenes suggest the larger problem with the film, which is chiefly one of subtlety.
   • Another view exists suggesting it is difficult to get the sums right given the diverse nature of the taxation system.
   • Bullying is a significant problem, with figures suggesting one in five suffer.
   • Is there any pattern that might suggest who might be behind all of the violence?
   • The discovery suggests that life could exist on planets very different from Earth.
   • It has not been suggested that it has any reference, expressed or implied, to arbitration.

   Synonyms

   express, put into words, phrase, articulate, communicate, make known, get across, put across, convey, verbalize, render, tell
3. 1.3with object Evoke.
   the theatrical interpretation of weather and water almost suggests El Greco

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It was certainly a nicer name than platinum, which suggested to me something flat and rather dull.

   Synonyms

   convey, express, impart, imply, intimate, connote, smack of
4. 1.4suggest itself (of an idea) come into one's mind.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Or perhaps some other solution might suggest itself.
   • Once you understand the pattern, the strategy suggests itself.
   • Making albums like Returning Jesus and writing songs like ‘My Revenge On Seattle’ is justification enough for going through the difficulties that we sometimes do and a total fulfilment of the potential that suggested itself in 1986 / 87.
   • An important question that then suggests itself is whether tenancy contracts are becoming more stringent and, by implication, whether the class power of landlords is becoming more acute.
   • The idea does not even suggest itself to the governmental or party leaders.
   • In Linux, however, the case suggests itself strongly that developing software through evolutionary processes does not require globally coordinated efforts.
   • This topic suggests itself for a number of reasons, one of them parked outside my front door.
   • A lack of judgment and an indifference that might be termed callous is nothing, however, compared with the alternative scenario that suggests itself.
   • Is there someplace that suggests itself as a better place to lose your money than any other?
   • The biggest change since my last visit only suggests itself very slowly.
   • This method suggested itself to me after reading Quantum Game Theory by Steve Landsburg.
   • Obviously, the hero needed a noble name and Alexander the Great suggested itself straight away.
   • At no stage did anything other than a resounding victory for Stradbally suggest itself.
   • Whether that made it all nice and legal I'll leave to the lawyers but a certain amount of absurdity suggested itself in the situation.
   • ‘I begin painting,’ Miró once said, ‘and as I paint, the picture begins to assert itself or suggest itself under my brush.’
   • There's a novel in there somewhere, I'm convinced, you could call it… well there probably aren't really any words for that, at the moment, but I'm sure something appropriate'll suggest itself, over time.
   • It wasn't until a Dublin magazine asked me to write a monthly column that a new approach suggested itself.
   • From all of this, the argument appears to suggest itself: capital, finance, labour, culture and politics are increasingly global, to the extent that the nation-state can no longer properly contain them.
   • The final question in these matters suggests itself.
   • A question suggests itself: how did he manage to presume so cleverly?

   Synonyms

   occur to, come to, come to mind, spring to mind, enter someone's head, enter someone's mind, come into someone's head, come into someone's mind, strike, hit, register with, enter someone's consciousness, flash across someone's mind, pass through someone's mind, cross someone's mind, suggest itself