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 imply

[ɪmˈplʌɪ]

VERB

imply (verbo) · implies (terceira pessoa do presente) · implied (pretérito) · implied (particípio passado) · implying (particípio presente)

indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference:

"salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge" · "the report implies that two million jobs might be lost"

(of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence:

"the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution"

ORIGIN

late Middle English: from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; in the 16th and 17th centuries the word also meant ‘employ’. Compare with employ and implicate.

Palavras Semelhantes e Opostas

VERB

indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference:

insinuate

suggest

hint

intimate

implicate

indicate

give someone to understand

(of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence:

involve

entail

mean

point to

signify

indicate

signal

necessitate