1 [reporting verb] put forward for consideration: [with clause]:I suggest that we wait a day or two [with direct speech]:‘Maybe you ought to get an expert,’ she suggested [with object]:Ruth suggested a holiday
2 [with object] cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case:finds of lead coffins suggested a cemetery north of the river [with clause]:the temperature wasn’t as tropical as the bright sunlight may have suggested
state or express indirectly: [with clause]:are you suggesting that I should ignore her? [with object]:the seduction scenes suggest his guilt and her loneliness
evoke:the theatrical interpretation of weather and water almost suggests El Greco
(suggest itself) (of an idea) come into one’s mind:a simpler explanation suggested itself to me
