suggest
verb (used with object)
to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action.
suggested
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past participleof suggest.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof suggest.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
suggestverb (used with object)to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action.
Example Sentences
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It has been suggested that the team just don't appear to appreciate the intensity and urgency of games at this level and are still a little too ponderous in the first half.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The experiments suggested that overlapping memory representations allowed the brain to retrieve information about previous threats more rapidly.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The suggested $1.5 to $1.6 trillion amounts are “well below figures closer to $2 trillion that had been bandied about in recent months,” write reporters Corrie Driebusch and Kate Clark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Hilary Armstrong, operations manager at the charity, has suggested a number of reasons why people are not coming forward to foster.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Horace suggested that the two sisters live with his wife, Mary, while he paid their tuitions at a nearby ladies’ seminary.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
