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VERB (5)

1. express or state indirectly;
[syn: imply, connote]

2. suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic;

3. have as a logical consequence;
- Example: "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
[syn: entail, imply, mean]

4. suggest that someone is guilty;
[syn: incriminate, imply, inculpate]

5. have as a necessary feature;
- Example: "This decision involves many changes"
[syn: imply, involve]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.] 1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. [1913 Webster] Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock. [1913 Webster] When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Whence might this distaste arise? [1913 Webster] If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. --J. Webster. Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

imply v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: imply, 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, imply, mean] 4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, imply, inculpate] 5: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" [syn: imply, involve]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

implies implication imply (=> or a thin right arrow) A binary Boolean function and logical connective. A => B is a true implication unless A is true and B is false. The truth table is A B | A => B ----+------- F F | T F T | T T F | F T T | T It is surprising at first that A => B is always true if A is false, but if X => Y then we would expect that (X & Z) => Y for any Z. If A is actually an expression X & Y then the implication is called a syllogism. (2009-10-28)