Pronunciation Verb
imply
- (transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
- The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
- (transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference
- When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
- (transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
- What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?
- (archaic) to enfold, entangle.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
- And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
- French: impliquer
- German: implizieren, zur Folge haben
- Italian: implicare
- Portuguese: implicar
- Russian: предполага́ть
- Spanish: implicar
- French: impliquer
- German: implizieren
- Russian: подразумева́ть
- Spanish: implicar
- French: insinuer, sous-entendre
- German: bedeuten, implizieren
- Portuguese: dar a entender, insinuar
- Russian: намека́ть
- Spanish: insinuar
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