imply

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

impliquer

sous-entendre

signifier

insinuer

laisser entendre

comporter

suggérer

supposer

vouloir dire

donner à entendre

faire allusion à

connoter

désigner

entraîner

envelopper

faire entendre

indiquer

occasionner

Synonymes

mean

hint

indicate

insinuate

suggest

intimate

signify

implicate

connote

denote

entail

involve

import

purport

represent

hint at

allude

infer

intend

stand for

include

convey

refer to

necessitate

show

assume

allude to

give a hint

spell

point

inculpate

incriminate

remind

require

reveal

score

signal

spot

stigmatise

stigmatize

subscribe

telegraph

tell

think of

with

design

pre-announce

contain

intimate 2

accession

advice

aim

amount

and

badge

bear

🐻

brand

count

🔢

cue

deduce

designate

destine

flag

get at

glance

have in mind

herald

inform

inscribe

mark

matter

nock

notch

point to

portend

prefigure

purpose

put down

refer

register

Coupé comme

im‧ply

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪmˈplaɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.