imply

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate. === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplaɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ Hyphenation: im‧ply === Verb === imply (third-person singular simple present implies, present participle implying, simple past and past participle implied) (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence. Synonyms: entail, implicate, import Correlation does not imply causation (transitive, of a person) To suggest by logical inference. (transitive, of a person or proposition) To hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement. Synonyms: allude, hint, infer (proscribed), insinuate, suggest; see also Thesaurus:allude (archaic) To enfold, entangle. Synonyms: envelop, wrap up; ensnare, implicate; see also Thesaurus:tangle ==== Usage notes ==== This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === “imply”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “imply”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.