imply

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 12.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

   Correlation does not imply causation

2. verb To suggest by logical inference.

   When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown.

3. verb To hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement.

   What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?

4. verb To enfold, entangle.

Similar words

entail mean connote involve incriminate inculpate suggest infer insinuate deduce

Often followed by

that a the an any some for in no

Word family

implied implies implying