imply

CEFRB2

/ɪmˈplaɪ/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To suggest something without saying it directly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement.

Examples

  • Are you trying to imply that I'm lying?

  • His silence seemed to imply agreement.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To suggest by logical inference.

  2. To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

  3. To enfold, entangle.

More examples

In context

  • The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal.

  • When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown.

  • Correlation does not imply causation

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher's tone seemed to blank that the students were not working hard enough.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate.