Dictionary Definition
imply
Verb
1 express or state indirectly [syn: connote]
2 suggest as a logically necessary consequence;
in logic
3 have as a logical consequence; "The water
shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn:
entail, mean]
4 suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, inculpate]
5 have as a necessary feature or consequence;
entail; "This decision involves many changes" [syn: involve] [also: implied]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
implicare.Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪ
Verb
- To express in a suggestive manner rather than as a direct statement.
- To have as a necessary consequence.
- To suggest a logical inference.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
express suggestively
have as a consequence
- Finnish: merkitä, edellyttää
- French: impliquer
- German: implizieren, zur Folge haben
- Norwegian: implisere, medføre
- Russian: предполагать (pr'edpolagát')
- Spanish: implicar
- Swedish: implicera
suggest a logical inference
- French: impliquer
- German: implizieren
- Norwegian: implisere
- Russian: подразумевать (podrazum'evát')
- Spanish: implicar
Extensive Definition
Implication can refer to:
- Logic:
- Logical implication as regarded in mathematical logic.
- Material conditional as regarded in philosophical logic.
- Also, in linguistics, there are different specialized related notions:
- In mathematics functions can be implicit.
- In forensics, medical diagnosis, or scientific investigation, a hypothetical cause is implicated or indicated when a reason for the condition can be found, given that cause.
- Implicit can mean to imply indirectly, that is to not state it directly.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accuse,
adumbrate, advert to,
affect, allege, allegorize, allude to,
approve, argue, arraign, article, assume, attest, be construed as, bespeak, betoken, bid fair, book, breathe, bring, bring accusation, bring
charges, bring to book, bring to mind, call for, charge, cite, complain, comprise, connote, contain, demonstrate, denote, denounce, denunciate, display, drop a hint, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, fasten on, fasten upon,
finger, furnish evidence,
give a hint, give indication of, give prospect of, give the cue,
glance at, go to show, hang something on, hint, hint at, hold out hope,
illustrate, impeach, implicate, import, impute, include, indicate, indict, infer, inform against, inform on,
insinuate, intimate, involve, lay charges, lead to,
lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, make fair promise, make likely,
manifest, mark, mean, mean to say, pin on, point
indirectly to, point to, prefer charges, press charges, presume, presuppose, promise, prompt, put on report, raise
expectation, refer to, report, reproach, require, set forth, show, show signs of, signal, signalize, signify, speak for itself, speak
volumes, spell, stand fair
to, stand for, subsume,
suggest, suppose, symbolize, symptomatize, take, take for granted, take in,
take to task, task, taunt
with, tax, tell, tend to show, twit