Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - suggest

~ v 1 to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where they should go etc  (If this is not convenient, please suggest another date. | suggest doing sth)  (John suggested going together in one car. | suggest (that))  (She suggested that we write that into the contract. | can/may I suggest (=used to politely suggest a different idea))  (May I suggest that you see a financial advisor? | suggest how/where etc)  (Can you suggest where to stay in Rio?)  (- see propose) 2 to tell someone about a suitable person for a job  (suggest sb for)  (Mr Roberts Guarino has been suggested for the post of director.) 3 to make someone think that a particular thing is true; indicate (1)  (The actual number of rapes may be higher than the statistics suggest.) + (that)  (There was nothing to suggest that she intended to kill herself.) 4 to make someone have a new idea  (suggest sth to sb)  (It was a magazine article that suggested the idea to me.) 5 I'm not suggesting spoken used to say that what you are going to say is not meant to criticize someone as much as it may seem  (I'm not suggesting that you are lying, but it is very misleading.) 6 to remind someone of something or help them to imagine it  (The stage was bare, with only the lighting to suggest a prison.)