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Sumflower
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Myanmar Meaning
(n) နေကြာပန်း
Definition
suggestion /sǝ'dʒestʃǝn; US sǝg'dʒ-/ n ၁။ [C] ~ (that…) အႀကံျပဳခ်က္။ အဆိုျပဳခ်က္။ What shall we do today – any suggestions? ❍ Several people made suggestions about/on how to raise funds. ❍ Janet was my first suggestion as chairperson. ❍ There's no suggestion that she should resign (ie That would not even be a possibility). ၂။ [U] အႀကံျပဳခ်က္။ On /At your suggestion (ie Because you suggested it) I bought the more expensive model. ၃။ [C usu sing ] မဆိုစေလာက္။ အရိပ္အေငြ႕မွ်။ speak English with the suggestion of a French accent. ၄။ [U] အရိပ္ အႁမြက္ျပျခင္း။ Most advertisements work through suggestion.
Examples
- If you’re looking for last-minute Christmas presents
- here are some suggestions.
- [suggestion that] : The committee rejected a suggestion that share options should be offered to junior employees.
- [suggestion for/about] : He had some good suggestions for making improvements in our service.
- [make/offer a suggestion] : Could I make a few suggestions about the way your essay is structured?
- [open to suggestions] : We have a few ideas for the show
- but we’re open to suggestions.
- [at someone’s suggestion] : It was at Larry’s suggestion that I attended the meeting.
- There is no suggestion that the plan will adversely affect employment in the city.
- [suggestion that] : The government rejected any suggestion that it was to blame.
- [suggestion of] : They dismissed any suggestion of a link between factory emissions and acid rain.
- The success of advertising depends on the power of suggestion.
- [suggestion of] : There was a suggestion of rain in the air.