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- pronunciation:
- ihm
plaI
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
implies, implying, implied |
| definition 1: |
to signal (a meaning) without directly stating such meaning; suggest.
Are you implying that I cheated?[verb + (that) + clause
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She agreed to do it, but her tone implied resentment.When she told him he dropped his candy wrapper, she was implying that he should pick it up.[verb + (that) + clause
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These symptoms may imply a weak heart.- synonyms:
- hint, intimate, suggest
- antonyms:
- state
- similar words:
- allude, connote, indicate, insinuate
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| definition 2: |
to include or entail as a necessary element or condition.
Speech implies the use of vocal cords.- synonyms:
- entail, presume, presuppose
- similar words:
- assume, bespeak, connote, denote, import, indicate, involve, mean, predicate, signify
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| related words: |
designate, promise, rumor |
adverb + (v.)imply
automatically, clearly, means, necessarily, strongly, thereby
(v.)imply
+ adverb
somehow
(v.)imply
+ noun
absence,
acceptance,
assertion,
conception,
consent,
continuity,
critique,
endorsement,
equality,
existence,
guilt,
meaning,
obligation,
ownership,
preemption,
rejection,
separation,
superiority,
unity,
universe,
willingness
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The word imply
contains the following parts:
im-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-1 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-1 used before roots beginning with m, p, and b, such as "mers," "port," and "bib."
Example words:
imbibe, imbue, immerse, immigrate, impel, implicate, imply, import, important, impose, imposing
plic, plex, ply
Latin
root
that means fold, plait
Example words:
accomplice, applicant, apply, complex, complicate, display, duplex, duplicate, explicable, explicate, implicate, implication, imply, inexplicable, multiplication, multiply1, perplex
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