imply
Meaning of imply
verb
- (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
- (of a person) to suggest by logical inference
When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
- (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
- To enfold, entangle.
Information about imply
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of imply is: implies.
- Languages in which imply is used:
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Hyphenation of imply
im-ply
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- imply is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
imply synonyms
Meaning connote:
Meaning entail:
Meaning incriminate:
Meaning involve:
Meaning :
allude, hint, insinuate, suggest
Translation of imply
- German: bedeuten, einhergehen
- Spanish: acarrear, ocasionar
- French: occasionner
- Italian: comportare, implicare
Anagrams of imply
Words that rhyme with imply
amply, camply, damply, unamply, dimply, goosepimply, jimply, limply, oversimply, pimply, reimply, scrimply, simply, superimply, unsimply, comply, recomply, crumply, plumply, rumply
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