(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ something, you put forward a plan or idea for someone to think about.
He ~ed a link between class size and test results of seven-year-olds...
I ~ you ask him some specific questions about his past...
I ~ed to Mike that we go out for a meal with his colleagues...
No one has ~ed how this might occur...
‘Could he be suffering from amnesia?’ I ~ed...
So instead I ~ed taking her out to dinner for a change.
VERB: V n, V that, V to n that, V wh, V with quote, V -ing
2.
If you ~ the name of a person or place, you recommend them to someone.
Could you ~ someone to advise me how to do this?...
They can ~ where to buy one.
VERB: V n, V wh to-inf
3.
If you ~ that something is the case, you say something which you believe is the case.
I’m not ~ing that is what is happening...
It is wrong to ~ that there are easy alternatives...
Their success is conditional, I ~, on this restriction.
VERB: V that, V that, V that
4.
If one thing ~s another, it implies it or makes you think that it might be the case.
Earlier reports ~ed that a meeting would take place on Sunday...
Its hairy body ~s a mammal.
VERB: V that, V n
5.
If one thing ~s another, it brings it to your mind through an association of ideas.
This onomatopoeic word ~s to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
VERB: V n