imply

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplaɪ/
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P L AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: означавам (označavam) — to have as a consequence
• Catalan: implicar — to have as a consequence
• Catalan: comportar — to have as a consequence
• Chinese Mandarin: 意味着 (yìwèizhe) — to have as a consequence
• Czech: implikovat — to have as a consequence
• Danish: implicere — to have as a consequence
• Dutch: impliceren — to have as a consequence
• Dutch: inhouden — to have as a consequence
• Finnish: merkitä — to have as a consequence
• Finnish: seurata — to have as a consequence
• French: impliquer — to have as a consequence
• German: implizieren — to have as a consequence
• German: zur Folge haben — to have as a consequence
• Hungarian: maga után von — to have as a consequence
• Hungarian: magában foglal — to have as a consequence
• Hungarian: implikál — to have as a consequence
• Hungarian: következtetni enged — to have as a consequence
• Ido: implikar — to have as a consequence
• Irish: tabhair le fios — to have as a consequence
• Italian: implicare — to have as a consequence
• Norwegian Bokmål: medføre — to have as a consequence
• Norwegian Bokmål: innebære — to have as a consequence
• Norwegian Bokmål: implisere — to have as a consequence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: medføre — to have as a consequence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innebere — to have as a consequence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: implisere — to have as a consequence
• Polish: pociągać (za sobą) — to have as a consequence
• Portuguese: implicar — to have as a consequence
• Portuguese: ter como consequência — to have as a consequence
• Portuguese: acarretar — to have as a consequence
• Russian: предполага́ть (predpolagátʹ) — to have as a consequence
• Spanish: implicar — to have as a consequence
• Spanish: acarrear — to have as a consequence
• Spanish: conllevar — to have as a consequence
• Swedish: implicera — to have as a consequence
• Turkish: gerektirmek — to have as a consequence
• Turkish: işaret etmek — to have as a consequence
• Ukrainian: припускати (prypuskaty) — to have as a consequence
• Vietnamese: bao hàm — to have as a consequence
• Bulgarian: подразбирам (podrazbiram) — to suggest by a logical inference
• Catalan: implicar — to suggest by a logical inference
• Dutch: suggereren — to suggest by a logical inference
• Finnish: tarkoittaa — to suggest by a logical inference
• Finnish: väittää — to suggest by a logical inference
• French: impliquer — to suggest by a logical inference
• German: implizieren — to suggest by a logical inference
• Ido: implikar — to suggest by a logical inference
• Irish: tabhair le fios — to suggest by a logical inference
• Norwegian: implisere — to suggest by a logical inference
• Russian: подразумева́ть (podrazumevátʹ) — to suggest by a logical inference
• Spanish: implicar — to suggest by a logical inference
• Thai: หมายความ (mǎai-kwaam) — to suggest by a logical inference
• Turkish: kastetmek — to suggest by a logical inference
• Ukrainian: мати на увазі (maty na uvazi) — to suggest by a logical inference
• Arabic: اِنْطَوَى (inṭawā) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Belarusian: намякаць (namjakacʹ) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Belarusian: намякну́ць (namjaknúcʹ) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Bulgarian: загатвам (zagatvam) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Bulgarian: намеквам (namekvam) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Catalan: insinuar — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 暗示 (ànshì) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Chinese Mandarin: 暗指 (ànzhǐ) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Czech: naznačit — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Danish: antyde — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Danish: insinuere — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Dutch: impliceren — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Finnish: vihjailla — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Finnish: antaa ymmärtää — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Finnish: vihjata — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• French: insinuer — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• French: sous-entendre — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• German: bedeuten — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• German: implizieren — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• German: sagen wollen — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Greek: υπονοώ (yponoó) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Hungarian: sugall — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Hungarian: utal — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Hungarian: céloz — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Hungarian: sejtet — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Hungarian: akar(ja) mondani — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Icelandic: gefa í skyn — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Icelandic: benda til — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Ido: implikar — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Irish: tabhair le fios — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Japanese: ほのめかす (honomekasu) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Norwegian: insinuere — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Norwegian Bokmål: antyde — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Persian: به طور ضمنی اشاره کردن — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Polish: sugerować — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Portuguese: dar a entender — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Portuguese: insinuar — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Russian: намека́ть (namekátʹ) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Russian: намекну́ть (nameknútʹ) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Scottish Gaelic: ciallaich — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Scottish Gaelic: seaghaich — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Spanish: insinuar — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Spanish: dar a entender — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Swedish: antyda — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Swedish: insinuera — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Thai: พูดเป็นนัย — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Turkish: ima etmek — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Turkish: manasına getirmek — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement
• Ukrainian: натякати (natjakaty) — to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement