(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you make a ~, you put forward an idea or plan for someone to think about.
The dietitian was helpful, making ~s as to how I could improve my diet...
Perhaps he’d followed her ~ of a stroll to the river...
N-COUNT: oft N of/for n/-ing
2.
A ~ is something that a person says which implies that something is the case.
We reject any ~ that the law needs amending...
There are ~s that he might be supported by the Socialists.
N-COUNT: oft N that
3.
If there is no ~ that something is the case, there is no reason to think that it is the case.
There is no ~ whatsoever that the two sides are any closer to agreeing...
N-SING: usu with brd-neg, N that, N of n
4.
If there is a ~ of something, there is a slight amount or sign of it.
...that fashionably faint ~ of a tan.
...a firm, well-sprung mattress with not one ~ of a sag.
= hint
N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n
5.
Suggestion means giving people a particular idea by associating it with other ideas.
The power of ~ is very strong.
N-UNCOUNT