suggest

suggest
sə'‹est, ](American also) səɡ-
verb
1) (to put (an idea etc) before another person etc for consideration; to propose: He suggested a different plan; I suggest doing it a different way; She suggested to me one or two suitable people for the committee; I suggest that we have lunch now.) foreslå
2) (to put (an idea etc) into a person's mind; to hint: Are you suggesting that I'm too old for the job?; An explanation suddenly suggested itself to me.) antyde; melde seg, trenge seg på
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antyde
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foreslå
verb \/səˈdʒest\/, \/səɡˈdʒest\/
1) foreslå
• he suggested that it should be done at once
han foreslo at det skulle gjøres med én gang
2) henstille, anmode
3) antyde, gi et vink om, gi et hint om, la forstå, la ane
• he was trying to suggest that I should go
han forsøkte å antyde at jeg skulle gå
• as the name suggests
som navnet antyder
4) tyde på, vitne om, tale for
• the look on her face suggested fear
ansiktsuttrykket hennes vitnet om frykt
5) minne om, lede tankene hen på, vekke assosiasjoner om, fremkalle
• what does it suggest to you?
hva minner det deg om?
6) inspirere, gi ideen til, vekke
• a drama suggested by an actual incident
et drama inspirert av en faktisk hendelse
• that suggested the idea
det vekket ideen
7) påstå, mene, hevde
• do you suggest that I'm lying?
påstår du at jeg lyver?
8) suggerere
be suggested by være foranlediget av
I suggest that ... (jus) er det ikke (snarere) slik å forstå at ...
suggest itself dukke opp, melde seg, oppstå
• a new idea suggested itself
en ny idé meldte seg
• the idea did not suggest itself to me
den tanken falt meg ikke inn

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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  • suggest — sug·gest vt 1: to mention or imply as a possibility 2: to enter on the record as a suggestion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. suggest …   Law dictionary

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  • Suggest — Sug*gest , v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suggest — 1520s, from L. suggestus, pp. of suggerere (see SUGGESTION (Cf. suggestion)). Related: Suggested; suggesting …   Etymology dictionary

  • suggest */*/*/ — UK [səˈdʒest] / US [səɡˈdʒest] verb [transitive] Word forms suggest : present tense I/you/we/they suggest he/she/it suggests present participle suggesting past tense suggested past participle suggested Get it right: suggest: When suggest means to …   English dictionary

  • suggest — sug|gest W1S1 [səˈdʒest US səgˈdʒest] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of suggerere to put under, provide, suggest , from sub ( SUB ) + gerere to carry ] 1.) to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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