Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SUGGEST
propose, suggest, advise
(verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something; “the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax”
hint, suggest
(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint
suggest, evoke, paint a picture
(verb) call to mind; “this remark evoked sadness”
suggest, intimate
(verb) imply as a possibility; “The evidence suggests a need for more clarification”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
suggest (third-person singular simple present suggests, present participle suggesting, simple past and past participle suggested)
(transitive) To imply but stop short of saying explicitly.
To make one suppose; cause one to suppose (something).
(transitive) To mention something as an idea, typically in order to recommend it
(obsolete, transitive) To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Usage notes
• (ask for without demanding) This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the form ending in -ing). See English catenative verbs
Synonyms
• (imply but stop short of saying explicitly): allude, hint, imply, insinuate, suggestion
• (ask for without demanding): propose
• See also advise
Source: Wiktionary
Sug*gest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suggested; p. pr. & vb. n. Suggesting.] Etym: [L. suggestus, p.p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest.]
1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke.
2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.] Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested. Shak.
4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]
Syn.
– To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.
Sug*gest", v. i.
Definition: To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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