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suggest
to tell someone your ideas about what they should do:
• 'Why don’t you come with us?', Alan suggested. • It was a sunny afternoon and so I suggested going to the beach.
recommend
to suggest that someone goes somewhere, tries something etc because you know that it is good and you think they will like it:
• Can you recommend a good restaurant near here? • It’s a brilliant book - I’d recommend it to anyone.
propose
formal to formally suggest a plan or course of action, especially at a meeting:
• The government has proposed building a new town just north of the city. • I propose that we send a delegation to London to discuss our concerns.
put forward
to suggest an idea, plan, reason etc:
• The party has put forward new proposals to reduce the number of cars in the town centre. • The idea was first put forward by Aristotle. • A number of reasons have been put forward to explain these negative results.
nominate
to officially suggest someone for an important job or position, or a person, film etc for a prize, especially when people will vote to make a decision:
• He’s been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. • Three candidates have been nominated for the position of chairman.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb propose sth/state sth indirectly ADV. tentatively I tentatively suggested that she might be happier working somewhere else. | respectfully, tactfully I would respectfully suggest a different explanation for the company's decline. | helpfully ‘Shall I tell them you're ill?’ Alice suggested helpfully. VERB + SUGGEST seem reasonable to It seems reasonable to suggest that all life forms on earth share a common origin. | be wrong to | be tempting to | dare (to) How dare you suggest such a thing? PREP. as She suggested John as chairman. | for Who would you suggest for the job? | to He suggested to the committee that they should delay making a decision. PHRASES can/may I suggest, I (would) suggest I would suggest that you see your doctor about this. show sth in an indirect way ADV. strongly The evidence suggests quite strongly that the fire was caused by an explosion. VERB + SUGGEST seem to The evidence seems to suggest that he did steal the money.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary