verb

suggesting

suh-JEHST-ihng

verb

Putting forward an idea, plan, or possibility for someone else to consider.

"She kept suggesting new restaurants for us to try."

"Are you suggesting that I was wrong?"

How to Use Suggesting

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishGently proposing something rather than stating it as fact or ordering it.

Common pairings

suggesting an idea suggesting that suggesting a solution

suggestings plural

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She kept _____ new restaurants for us to try.

The -ing form of "suggest," from Latin suggerere, "to bring up from underneath" — the same root idea as quietly bringing an idea to the surface.

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