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suggest
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[ verb ] make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Some psychologists , in_fact , suggest that career bound husbands often are more to blame for topsy-turvy marriages than their wives . (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)It was Dickson who suggested to Lord_Selkirk that he return to the Atlantic coast by way of the United_States . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)At_last , even the controlled Torrio was unable to hold still , and he tentatively suggested that O_'_Banion should take a percentage in the Stickney brothels in_return for one from his Cicero beer concession . (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)But when a board of inquiry was called to look_into the charges of cowardice made against him , the men who had seen Reno leave the battlefield and the officer who had heard Reno suggest that the wounded be left to be tortured by the Sioux , refused to say a harsh word against him . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)And I suggest further that the main cause of the trouble we are in has been the failure of American policy-makers , ever since we assumed free_world leadership in 1945 , to deal with this problem realistically and seriously . |
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[ verb ] drop a hint; intimate by a hint
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)He suggests that Gore_Court embodies all the glories of Tudor splendor . (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)The finding that the concentration of one of these proteases is increased in thyroid_glands from TSH treated animals suggests that this protease may be active in_vivo . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)In her letter to John_Brown , `` E._B. '' , the Quakeress from Newport , had suggested that the American people owed more honor to John_Brown for seeking to free the slaves than they did to George_Washington . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)The Colonel ordered that it be wiped_out , and I suggested , ' You ask for volunteers , and promise each man on the patrol a quart of whisky , ten dollars and a week-end pass to Davao ' . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)his quill drawings had a scratchiness , suggesting skin texture ; the clay he used plastically to suggest soft moving flesh , as in an abdomen , in a reclining torso ; the wax he smoothed_over to give the body surface an elastic pull . |
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[ verb ] (logic) imply as a possibility
Synonyms Examples "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)This result suggests a very high_temperature at the solid surface of the planet , although there is the possibility that the observed radiation may be a combination of both thermal and non thermal components and that the observed spectrum is that of a black_body merely by coincidence . These contour diagrams also suggest a rather rapid falloff in the radio_brightness with latitude . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)In_conclusion , these findings suggest the need for a comparative physiology , pathology , and histology of mammalian lungs . Finally , it is suggested that in many respects the horse lung may be anatomically more comparable_to that of the human than any other presently known species . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)In other studies , loss of differentiation in previously established conditioned_reflexes resulted from repeated convulsive ( metrazol ) treatments , suggesting a fundamental disturbance in the balance between excitatory and inhibitory cerebral processes . |
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[ verb ] (medicine) suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
Synonyms Examples : "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)There is nothing to suggest that the brain can alter past impressions to fit into an original , realistic and unbroken continuity like we experience in dreams . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)As the first sentence suggests , both roads belong_to death in_the_end . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)This suggests that the sampling period , particularly at the more distant locations , should have been increased . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Alphonse_R_._Hoge 's measurements of several very young specimens from Brazil suggest that at_birth the female is slightly larger than the male . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)The doctors had suggested Scotty remain most of every afternoon in bed until he was stronger . Related terms |
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[ verb ] call to mind or evoke
Synonyms Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The conversation of the characters creates an atmosphere suggesting the usual mixture of pleasures , foibles , irritations , and concerns which would characterize the common life of a normal village in any age . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)The rows of animals and birds , in_particular , suggest awareness of Oriental animal friezes , transmitted perhaps via Syrian silver bowls and textiles , but the specific forms of these rows on local vases and metal products are nonetheless Greek . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)Planes defined as parallel to the surface also cut through it into real space , and a depth is suggested optically which is greater than that established pictorially . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)his quill drawings had a scratchiness , suggesting skin texture ; the clay he used plastically to suggest soft moving flesh , as in an abdomen , in a reclining torso ; the wax he smoothed_over to give the body surface an elastic pull . Related terms |
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