reasonable suggestion

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandsuggestion

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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suggestion
noun[C or U]
uk
/səˈdʒes.tʃən/us
/səˈdʒes.tʃən/
an idea, plan, or action that is suggested or the act of ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandsuggestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreasonable suggestion

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More funding would be a morereasonablesuggestion.
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That would seem areasonablesuggestion, and it may be worth looking at.
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That is a veryreasonablesuggestion, that we should at any rate see those who are most intimately concerned.
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I think that would be an entirelyreasonablesuggestion.
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I am sorry that they have reacted in that way, because we think that we are making a constructive and very mild andreasonablesuggestion.
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I think that this is a mostreasonablesuggestion.
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It is an extremelyreasonablesuggestionwhich is designed to see that gas companies are put on an equal footing with coal mines.
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On the face of it, this seems to me to be areasonablesuggestion.
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It is a veryreasonablesuggestionto make quite clear, so that he who runs may read, what regulations are affected.
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Is not that a sensible andreasonablesuggestion?
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I think that is quite areasonablesuggestion.
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It was areasonablesuggestionto increase the number of people sharing lines in order to help old people and so decrease their rents.
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This seems a veryreasonablesuggestion, until you consider how to put it into practice.
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I believe that the latter was an extremelyreasonablesuggestion.
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I think that this is areasonablesuggestion.
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That seems to be a veryreasonablesuggestion.
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She believed that that was a perfectlyreasonablesuggestion.
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I think that is a fair andreasonablesuggestion.
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I should have thought that an eminentlyreasonablesuggestion.
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I thought that was a veryreasonablesuggestionwhich ought to be followed.
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