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Antonyms for implies

Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-plahy
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplaɪ

Definition of implies

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical Latin sense), from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare "involve" (see implication). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded c.1400; that of "to hint at" from 1580s. Related: Implied; implying. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What do you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"
  • verb indicate, mean
Example sentences :
  • It implies a pre-existing something, inwrapped as a germ in its environment.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • In its common, or generally received, acceptation, it implies two things.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • All matter is magnetic in some degree, and that implies polarity.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • Then everything which is and is not in a certain state, implies change?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • And each part, as the word 'each' implies, is also an absolute one.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • You will think this implies that Manxmen stick close to their island.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • Every universal truth which we express in words, implies or supposes every other truth.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • What else it implies may be left to the imagination of the reader.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • This implies competition and shows the necessity of preserving it.
  • Extract from : « Social Justice Without Socialism » by John Bates Clark
  • Unworthy as the sentiment is, it at least implies a sense of equality.
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for implies

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