suggest

suggest
suggest , US [transcription]{{[s\@g"dZ-"]}} vtr
1 (put forward for consideration) suggérer [solution, possibility] ; to suggest that suggérer que ; I suggest to you that je vous suggère que ; can you suggest how/why/where…? comment/pourquoi/où, selon vous…? ; why, do you suggest , did he do it? pourquoi, selon vous, l'a-t-il fait? he did it, I suggest, because… je pense qu'il l'a fait parce que… ; it would be wrong to suggest that il serait faux de prétendre que ; to suggest otherwise is ludicrous prétendre qu'il en est autrement serait ridicule ; what are you suggesting? qu'est-ce que vous insinuez? ; I venture to suggest that je me risquerais à dire que ;
2 (recommend, advise) suggérer ; can you suggest a place to meet/eat? peux-tu suggérer un endroit où nous retrouver/où manger? ; where do you suggest we go? où nous suggères-tu d'aller? ; to suggest sb/sth for sth suggérer qn/qch pour qch ; they suggested that I (should) leave ils m'ont suggéré de partir ; I suggest that you leave at once je suggère que vous partiez tout de suite ; the committee suggests that steps be taken le comité suggère que des mesures soient prises ; I suggest waiting je suggère d'attendre ; an idea suggested itself (to me) une idée m'est venue à l'esprit ;
3 (indicate) [evidence, test, result, poll, calculation] sembler indiquer (that que) ; there is nothing to suggest that rien ne semble indiquer que ; it was more difficult than the result might ou would suggest ce fut plus difficile que le résultat ne semble l'indiquer ;
4 (evoke) [painting, image, sound] évoquer ; what does it suggest to you? qu'est-ce que cela évoque pour vous?

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