suggest

verb
/səˈd͡ʒɛst/

To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

Example

“Are you suggesting that I killed my wife?”

Other meanings

To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).
“The name "hamburger" suggests that hamburgers originated from Hamburg.”
To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
“This meeting venue was suggested to us by our boss.”

Related words

autosuggest
missuggest
resuggest
suggestable
suggester
suggestful
suggestment
suggest itself
suggestion
suggestive
suggestible

Example sentences

“I suggest you go to bed earlier.”
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“I suggest you use a pencil and eraser.”
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“It's as his name suggests.”
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Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “suggest” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.