imply
Meaning
- to have as a necessary consequence
- to suggest by logical inference
- to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
- to enfold, entangle.
Synonyms
hint at
refer to
allude to
give a hint
require
intimate 2
point to
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Hyphenated as
im‧ply
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈplaɪ/
Etymology
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.
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