imply

«imply» in Mova's school dictionary: To suggest something without saying it directly: Are you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (imply, implies, implied, implying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To suggest something without saying it directly: Are you implying I'm lazy? tree →

2) (logic, maths) For one thing to mean that another must be true: being a square implies having four sides. tree →

sense in the lessons

In reading lessons (inference: what the writer implies, the reader infers); in maths and logic, if-then statements. Phrases: imply that, what are you implying, is implied by.

examples

• Are you implying that I took your pen? tree →
• His smile implied he knew the secret. tree →
• The writer implies the house is haunted without saying it. tree →
• Being a square implies having four equal sides. tree →
• Her silence implied she was upset. tree →
• A dark sky often implies rain is coming. tree →
• But this is the usual attitude of the folk towards the "Good People," as indeed their euphemistic name really implies. tree →

note

Past: implied; he implies. Noun: implication. Common confusion: the speaker implies, the listener infers. In logic, A implies B does not mean B implies A.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «imply» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.