# Size support in elasticsearch \_suggest

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 15, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795 "2016-06-15T01:34:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sahas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@sahas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahas)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795/1 "2016-06-15T01:34:01Z")

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By default elastisearch \_suggest returns 5 suggestions matching the [criteria.Is](http://criteria.Is) it possible to extend that to more than 5, atleast 10 suggestions. I tried size just like in other queries and seeing below error. any thoughts?

"reason": "[suggest] does not support [size]"

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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795/2 "2016-06-15T02:13:46Z")

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Which suggester are you using?

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**Author:** ![sahas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@sahas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahas)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795/3 "2016-06-15T02:52:54Z")

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completion suggester

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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795/4 "2016-06-15T04:52:50Z")

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Then we have size parameter

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-support-in-elasticsearch--suggest/52795/5 "2017-07-05T22:43:47Z")

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