Imply

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To involve by logical necessity; entail: Life implies growth and death.
  • v. To express or indicate indirectly: His tone implied disapproval. See Synonyms at suggest. See Usage Note at infer.
  • v. Obsolete To entangle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to enfold, entangle.
  • v. to have as a necessary consequence
  • v. to suggest by logical inference
  • v. to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To infold or involve; to wrap up.
  • v. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually.
  • v. To refer, ascribe, or attribute.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To infold; inclose; inwrap.
  • To contain by implication; include virtually; involve; signify or import by fair inference or deduction; hence, to express indirectly; insinuate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. suggest that someone is guilty
  • v. have as a necessary feature
  • v. express or state indirectly
  • v. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
  • v. have as a logical consequence
  • Antonym
    express    exclude   
    Verb Form
    implied    implies    implying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    evoke    paint a picture    suggest    evince    show    express    necessitate   
    Variant
    implied   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    betoken    denote    mean    involve    import    comprise    signify    include    involved    implicate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts