Suggestion vs. Overture

Suggestionnoun

(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)

‘I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.’; ‘Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.’;

Overturenoun

(obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber.

Suggestionnoun

(uncountable) The act of suggesting.

‘Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.’;

Overturenoun

(obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.

Suggestionnoun

Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.

‘He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.’;

Overturenoun

(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.

Suggestionnoun

The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.

Overturenoun

(Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Suggestionnoun

information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence

Overturenoun

(music) A musical introduction to a piece of music.

Suggestionnoun

The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

Overtureverb

(intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.

Suggestionnoun

That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.

‘Why do I yield to that suggestion?’;

Overture

An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber.

Suggestionnoun

Charge; complaint; accusation.

Overture

Disclosure; discovery; revelation.

‘It was heThat made the overture of thy treasons to us.’;

Suggestionnoun

Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.

Overture

A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.

Suggestionnoun

The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; - a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.

Overture

A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; - called in the latter case a concert overture.

Suggestionnoun

The control of the mind of an hypnotic subject by ideas in the mind of the hypnotizer.

‘Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.’; ‘Arthur, whom they say is killed to-nightOn your suggestion.’;

Overtureverb

To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

Suggestionnoun

an idea that is suggested;

‘the picnic was her suggestion’;

Overturenoun

orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

Suggestionnoun

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection;

‘it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse’;

Overturenoun

something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;

‘training is a necessary preliminary to employment’; ‘drinks were the overture to dinner’;

Suggestionnoun

a just detectable amount;

‘he speaks French with a trace of an accent’;

Overturenoun

a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;

‘she rejected his advances’;

Suggestionnoun

persuasion formulated as a suggestion

Overturenoun

an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, play, etc.

‘the overture to Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’’; ‘Overture and Incidental Music for ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’’;

Suggestionnoun

the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association

Overturenoun

an independent orchestral composition in one movement

‘Tchaikovsky's ‘1812 Overture’’;

Suggestionnoun

the act of inducing hypnosis

Overturenoun

an introduction to something more substantial

‘the talks were no more than an overture to a long debate’;

Suggestion

Suggestion is the psychological process by which one person guides the thoughts, feelings, or behavior of another person. Nineteenth-century writers on psychology such as William James used the words and in the context of a particular idea which was said to suggest another when it brought that other idea to mind.

‘suggest’; ‘suggestion’;

Overturenoun

an approach or proposal made to someone with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship

‘he began making overtures to British merchant banks’;

Overture

Overture (from French ouverture, lit. ) in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century.

‘opening’;