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3 VERB If you suggest that something is the case, you say something which you believe is the case. □ [V that] I'm not suggesting that is what is happening. □ [V that] It is wrong to suggest that there are easy alternatives. □ [V that] Their success is conditional, I suggest, on this restriction.

4 VERB If one thing suggests another, it implies it or makes you think that it might be the case. □ [V that] Earlier reports suggested that a meeting would take place on Sunday. □ [V n] Its hairy body suggests a mammal.

5 VERB If one thing suggests another, it brings it to your mind through an association of ideas. □ [V n] This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut. USAGE suggest

Don’t use the name of a person directly after suggest . If you want to say who the suggestion is for, use to . Don’t say, for example ' John suggested me the idea .’ Say ‘John suggested the idea to me ’.

sug|gest|ible /sədʒe st I b ^ə l, [AM ] səgdʒ-/ ADJ Someone who is suggestible can be easily influenced by other people. □  …highly suggestible and compliant individuals.

sug|ges|tion ◆◇◇ /sədʒe stʃ ^ə n, [AM ] səgdʒ-/ (suggestions )

1 N‑COUNT If you make a suggestion , you put forward an idea or plan for someone to think about. □  The dietitian was helpful, making suggestions as to how I could improve my diet. □ [+ of ] Perhaps he'd followed her suggestion of a stroll to the river. [Also + for ]

2 N‑COUNT [oft N that] A suggestion is something that a person says which implies that something is the case. □  We reject any suggestion that the law needs amending. □  There are suggestions that he might be supported by the Socialists.

3 N‑SING [N that] If there is no suggestion that something is the case, there is no reason to think that it is the case. □  There is no suggestion whatsoever that the two sides are any closer to agreeing. [Also + of ]

4 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If there is a suggestion of something, there is a slight amount or sign of it. □ [+ of ] …that fashionably faint suggestion of a tan. □ [+ of ] …a firm, well-sprung mattress with not one suggestion of a sag.

5 N‑UNCOUNT Suggestion means giving people a particular idea by associating it with other ideas. □  The power of suggestion is very strong.

sug|ges|tive /sədʒe st I v, [AM ] səgdʒ-/

1 ADJ Something that is suggestive of something else is quite like it or may be a sign of it. □ [+ of ] The fingers were gnarled, lumpy, with long, curving nails suggestive of animal claws.

2 ADJ Suggestive remarks or looks cause people to think about sex, often in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable. □  …another former employee who claims Thomas made suggestive remarks to her.

sui|cid|al /suː I sa I d ^ə l/

1 ADJ People who are suicidal want to kill themselves. □  I was suicidal and just couldn't stop crying.

2 ADJ If you describe an action or behaviour as suicidal , you mean that it is very dangerous. □  They realized it would be suicidal to resist in the face of overwhelming military superiority.

sui|cide ◆◇◇ /suː I sa I d/ (suicides )

1 N‑VAR People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living. □  She tried to commit suicide on several occasions. □  …a growing number of suicides in the community.

2 N‑UNCOUNT You say that people commit suicide when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society. □  They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain.