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Word: Imply
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English: from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; in the 16th and 17th centuries the word also meant ‘employ’. Compare with employ and implicate
ɪmˈplʌɪ
indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference
Short Definition:indicate truth or existence of something by suggestion rather than explicit reference
Examples:- nowhere in the abstract do the researchers imply a causal link
- the report implies that two million jobs might be lost
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