suggesting
示唆する
解説 Definition
suggesting は suggest（示唆する、提案する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。ここでは「何かがそうだと示している」という意味で、証拠や状況が結論をほのめかすときに使います。
The present participle or gerund of suggest, used here when evidence, behavior, or circumstances indirectly indicate that something may be true. It presents a possible conclusion without stating that the conclusion has been proved.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
suggesting は suggest の現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の t を重ねず、そのまま -ing を付けます。発音は /səˈdʒestɪŋ/。ここでは人が提案する意味ではなく、data suggesting a link のように、証拠や表情が結論を直接断定せず「示唆している」場面で覚えましょう。
Suggesting is formed by adding -ing directly to suggest; no final consonant is doubled. Its pronunciation ends in /tɪŋ/. In this sense, imagine evidence quietly pointing toward a conclusion rather than proving it. Data may be “suggesting a link,” and a smile may be “suggesting that she knows the answer.” This is different from a person suggesting a plan, which means proposing an idea. The shared core is indirect presentation: either an idea is offered for consideration or evidence makes a possible explanation visible without establishing it as certain.
例文
The data is suggesting a small change in the weather.
そのデータは天気に小さな変化があることを示唆しています。
Her smile was suggesting that she knew the answer.
彼女の笑顔は、答えを知っていることを示唆していました。
The report is suggesting a link between sleep and memory.
その報告書は、睡眠と記憶の関連を示唆しています。
suggesting の類義語・関連語
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suggesting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 suggerere（sub-「下から」+ gerere「運ぶ」）が語源で、「下からそっと持ち上げる→それとなく提示する」が原義。直接言わず控えめに示すニュアンスはここから来る。関連語: suggest, gesture（動作）。
Suggesting is the -ing form of suggest. Suggest ultimately comes from Latin suggerere, formed from sub-, “from below” or “up,” and gerere, “to carry or bring.” It conveyed the idea of bringing something forward or supplying it, and later developed senses involving putting an idea into someone’s mind or indicating something indirectly. English forms suggesting by adding -ing to the unchanged base suggest. Suggestion and suggestive share the same stem.
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