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Synonyms for implied

Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-plahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplaɪd

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Définition of implied

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?"
  • adj hinted at
Example sentences :
  • There was an implied crime-partnership in her glance which revolted him.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Crane must know that it was his implied desires that had led up to the stopping of Lucretia.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He had felt a moral superiority in denying the implied bad habits.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Day after day, she was ridiculed for what implied no blame, and admitted of no remedy.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It was a species of punctuation, and implied that Mr. Morgan had finished his remark.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • By which is implied a right to disapprove, if they think fit.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • And for the time the full import of what that implied did not dawn upon him.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • This was said with a smile which implied—or Hugh thought it did—'fail to do so at your peril!'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • She felt what they implied, the moment afterwards, and said no more.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • This is implied in the birds, some in flocks, some solitary, which fly about anywhere and everywhere.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

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