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suggestion

 
 
/səˈdʒestʃən/ noun

Definition

[C] an idea or plan that someone suggests: to make a suggestion Have you got any suggestions for improvements?
a suggestion of/that sth something that makes something seem likely to be true: There's no suggestion of any connection between the two men.
at sb's suggestion following the advice that someone has given you: We went to that restaurant at Paul's suggestion.
(Definition of suggestion noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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