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IMPLY (implied)

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• IMPLY (verb)
The verb IMPLY has 5 senses:

1. express or state indirectly
2. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
3. have as a logical consequence
4. suggest that someone is guilty
5. have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail

Familiarity information: IMPLY used as a verb is common.

• IMPLY (verb)

Sense 1

imply ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Express or state indirectly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

connote; imply

Hypernyms (to "imply" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 2

imply ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "imply" is one way to...):

evince; express; show (give expression to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "imply"):

presuppose; suppose (require as a necessary antecedent or precondition)

intimate; suggest (imply as a possibility)

connote; predicate (involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

imply ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Have as a logical consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

entail; mean; imply

Context example:

The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers

Hypernyms (to "imply" is one way to...):

necessitate (cause to be a concomitant)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 4

imply ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Suggest that someone is guilty

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

incriminate; inculpate; imply

Hypernyms (to "imply" is one way to...):

evoke; paint a picture; suggest (call to mind)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 5

imply ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

involve; imply

Context example:

This decision involves many changes

Hypernyms (to "imply" is one way to...):

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "imply"):

carry (be necessarily associated with or result in or involve)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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(English proverb)
"Measure twice, cut once."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"The best place in the world is on the back of a horse, and the best thing to do in time is to read a book."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who leaves and then returns, had a good trip."
(Corsican proverb)

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