noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪmˈplɔː/
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General-American:/ɪmˈploɹ/
/ɪmˈploə/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ɪmˈplo(ː)ɹ/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:IH2 M P L AO1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An act of begging or pleading earnestly or urgently; an entreaty, an imploration or imploring, a plea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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PIE word *h1én The verb is borrowed from Middle French implorer (modern French implorer (“to beg, plead, implore”)), or directly from its etymon Latin implōrāre, the present active infinitive of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”), from im- (a variant of in- (intensifying prefix)) + plōrō (“to cry out; to complain, deplore, lament”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh3(w)- (“to flow; to swim”)). The noun is derived from the verb.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رَجَا
(rajā)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Armenian:
աղաչել
(aġačʻel)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Bulgarian:
умолявам
(umoljavam)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Catalan:
implorar
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Chinese Mandarin:
哀求
(āiqiú)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Chinese Mandarin:
懇求 /恳求
(kěnqiú)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Czech:
zapřísahat
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Czech:
úpěnlivě prosit
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Danish:
bønfalde
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Danish:
trygle
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Finnish:
anoa
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Finnish:
vedota
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
German:
anflehen
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Greek:
εκλιπαρώ
(ekliparó)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Greek:
ικετεύω
(iketévo)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Hungarian:
könyörög
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Icelandic:
grátbiðja
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Italian:
implorare
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Kapampangan:
pamakalulu
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Northern Kurdish:
daxwaz kirin
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Northern Kurdish:
rica kirin
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Northern Kurdish:
xwestin
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Latin:
adōrō
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Latin:
affor
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Latin:
obsecrō
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Macedonian:
мо́ли
(móli)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Macedonian:
преко́лнува
(prekólnuva)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Malayalam:
താണപേക്ഷിക്കുക
(tāṇapēkṣikkuka)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Māori:
whakakuene
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Persian:
التماس کردن
(eltemâs kardan)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Persian:
لابیدن
(lābidan)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Portuguese:
implorar
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Romanian:
implora
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Russian:
умоля́ть
(umoljátʹ)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Russian:
упрашивать
(uprašivatʹ)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Serbo-Croatian:
preklinjati
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Spanish:
implorar
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Tamil:
கெஞ்சு
(keñcu)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Turkish:
yalvarmak
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Ukrainian:
благати
(blahaty)
— to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently
Esperanto:
petegi
— to beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something
Finnish:
anoa
— to beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something
Finnish:
vedota
— to beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something
Northern Kurdish:
daxwaz kirin
— to beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something
Northern Kurdish:
rica kirin
— to beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something
Finnish:
anoa
— to express an earnest or urgent plea
Northern Kurdish:
daxwaz kirin
— to express an earnest or urgent plea
Northern Kurdish:
rica kirin
— to express an earnest or urgent plea
