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(ĭm-plī') pronunciation
tr.v., -plied, -ply·ing, -plies.
  1. To involve by logical necessity; entail: Life implies growth and death.
  2. To express or indicate indirectly: His tone implied disapproval. See synonyms at suggest. See Usage Note at infer.
  3. Obsolete. To entangle.

[Middle English implien, from Old French emplier, to enfold, from Latin implicāre. See implicate.]


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verb

  1. To lead to by logical inference: indicate, point to, suggest. See meaning.
  2. To convey an idea by indirect, subtle means: hint, insinuate, intimate2, suggest. Idioms: drop a hint. See show/hide, suggest.


v

Definition: indicate, mean
Antonyms: define, explicate, express, state


adj

Inferred; conceded.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - implicere, antyde, betyde, medføre, forudsætte, indebære

Nederlands (Dutch)
impliceren, suggereren

Français (French)
v. tr. - impliquer, laisser entendre, insinuer, laisser supposer

Deutsch (German)
v. - implizieren, bedeuten, schließen lassen auf

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υποδηλώνω, υπονοώ, υπαινίσσομαι, αφήνω να εννοηθεί, συνεπάγομαι, προϋποθέτω

Italiano (Italian)
implicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - indicar, envolver

Русский (Russian)
подразумевать, означать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - significar, insinuar, dar a entender, implicar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - antyda, innebära, implicera (logik)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
暗示, 意味

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 暗示, 意味

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 함축하다, 암시하다, 의미하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 含意する, 意味する, 暗示する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدل ضمنا على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮רמז, הביע בעקיפין, סימן‬


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