imply

Betekenis

1. to have as a necessary consequence
2. to suggest by logical inference
3. to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
4. to enfold, entangle.

Koppelteken as

im‧ply

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪmˈplaɪ/

Etimologie

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.