verb
1 propose sth/state sth indirectly
ADVERB
▪ highly ( esp. AmE ), strongly
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I strongly ~ keeping personal and business accounts separate.
▪ tentatively
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I tentatively ~ed that she might be happier working somewhere else.
▪ gently , humbly , politely , respectfully , tactfully
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I would respectfully ~ a different explanation for the company's decline.
▪ seriously
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You're not seriously ~ing that is a plausible explanation?
▪ jokingly
▪ hopefully
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‘We could go for a drive.’ Nate ~ed hopefully.
▪ helpfully
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‘Shall I tell them you're unwell?’ Alice ~ed helpfully.
▪ falsely , rightly
▪ initially , originally , previously
▪ merely
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I am merely ~ing that there is more than one way to view this matter.
VERB + SUGGEST
▪ seem reasonable to
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It seems reasonable to ~ that all life forms on earth share a common origin.
▪ be far-fetched to , seem far-fetched to
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It is not far-fetched to ~ a connection between them.
▪ be wrong to
▪ be tempting to
▪ dare (to)
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How dare you ~ such a thing?
▪ hesitate to
▪ not mean to
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I do not mean to ~ that the poem is purely biographical.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
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She ~ed John as chairman.
▪ for
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Who would you ~ for the job?
▪ to
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He ~ed to the committee that they delay making a decision.
PHRASES
▪ can I suggest … , I suggest … , I would suggest … , may I suggest …
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I would ~ that you see your doctor about this.
2 show sth in an indirect way
ADVERB
▪ certainly , clearly , strongly
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The evidence ~s quite strongly that the fire was caused by an explosion.
▪ subtly
▪ implicitly , indirectly
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The novel implicitly ~s that racism can explain the murder.
▪ otherwise
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The evidence ~s otherwise.
VERB + SUGGEST
▪ seem to
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The evidence seems to ~ that he did steal the money.
▪ be meant to
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The ending is meant to ~ a form of redemption.
Suggest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ argument , ↑ article , ↑ author , ↑ common sense , ↑ critic , ↑ data , ↑ detail , ↑ difference , ↑ document , ↑ essay , ↑ estimate , ↑ evidence , ↑ examination , ↑ example , ↑ experience , ↑ experiment , ↑ expert , ↑ explanation , ↑ expression , ↑ figure , ↑ finding , ↑ forecast , ↑ guideline , ↑ history , ↑ hypothesis , ↑ image , ↑ indication , ↑ indicator , ↑ inspection , ↑ intuition , ↑ investigation , ↑ manner , ↑ metaphor , ↑ name , ↑ painting , ↑ panel , ↑ passage , ↑ poll , ↑ reasoning , ↑ recommendation , ↑ record , ↑ remark , ↑ report , ↑ research , ↑ researcher , ↑ result , ↑ review , ↑ scientist , ↑ source , ↑ statistics , ↑ study , ↑ survey , ↑ text , ↑ theory , ↑ tone , ↑ trend , ↑ writer , ↑ writing
Suggest is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alternative , ↑ amendment , ↑ analogy , ↑ answer , ↑ caution , ↑ compromise , ↑ diagnosis , ↑ existence , ↑ guideline , ↑ hypothesis , ↑ idea , ↑ importance , ↑ improvement , ↑ increase , ↑ involvement , ↑ link , ↑ measure , ↑ mechanism , ↑ modification , ↑ motive , ↑ need , ↑ origin , ↑ parallel , ↑ possibility , ↑ presence , ↑ reading , ↑ reason , ↑ remedy , ↑ revision , ↑ scenario , ↑ solution , ↑ strategy , ↑ treatment , ↑ trend