implies
Use Implies in a sentence
verb (used with object), im·plied, im·ply·ing.
1.
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated: His words implied a lack of faith.
2.
(of words) to signify or mean.
3.
to involve as a necessary circumstance: Speech implies a speaker.
4.
Obsolete. to enfold.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English implien, emplien < Middle French emplier < Latin implicāre; see implicate
1325–75; Middle English implien, emplien < Middle French emplier < Latin implicāre; see implicate
Related forms
re·im·ply, verb (used with object), re·im·plied, re·im·ply·ing.
su·per·im·ply, verb (used with object), su·per·im·plied, su·per·im·ply·ing.
Synonyms
3. assume, include.
3. assume, include.
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| —vb , -plies, -plying, -plied | |
| 1. | to express or indicate by a hint; suggest: what are you implying by that remark? |
| 2. | to suggest or involve as a necessary consequence |
| 3. | logic to enable (a conclusion) to be inferred |
| 4. | obsolete to entangle or enfold |
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Word Origin & History
imply
late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical L. sense), from O.Fr. emplier, from L. implicare "involve" (see implicate). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded 1529. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What
do you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"
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Computing Dictionary
implies definition
logic(=> or a thin right arrow) A binary Boolean function and logical connective. A => B is a true implication unless A is true and B is false. The truth table is
A B | A => B ----+------- F F | T F T | T T F | F T T | T
It is surprising at first that A => B is always true if A is false, but if X => Y then we would expect that (X & Z) => Y for any Z.
If A is actually an expression X & Y then the implication is called a syllogism.
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Example sentences
But no one in the comics industry is really ready for what that magnificence implies.
And a lower-than-average dividend yield logically implies that investors expect higher-than-average dividend growth.
Finally, it implies that even with rising divorces, the market for re-marriages is strong.
Paying off the debt implies the sort of resolve and collective purpose that they lack.
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