What does "There is a tide" imply?
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Imply
//ɪmˈplaɪ//
Synonyms for "imply" (172 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (86)
includeincriminateindicateindictinferinform againstinform oninsinuateintimateinvolvelay chargeslead tolodge a complaintlodge a plaintmakemake fair promisemake likelymanifestmarkmean
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mean to saymentionpartakepin onpointpoint indirectly topoint toprefer chargespress chargespresumepresupposepromisepromptput on reportraise expectationrefer toremindreportreproachrequireseemset forthshowshow signs ofsignalsignalizesignifyspeak for itselfspeak volumesspellstand fair tostand forsubsumesuggestsupposesymbolizesymptomatizetaketake for grantedtake intake to tasktasktaunttaunt withtaxtelltend to showtwit
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6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
103 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِنْطَوَى verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Belarusian
2 entries- намякаць verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- намякну́ць verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Bulgarian
4 entries- загатвам verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- намеквам verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- означавам verb (to have as a consequence)
- подразбирам verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
Catalan
4 entries- comportar verb (to have as a consequence)
- implicar verb (to have as a consequence)
- implicar verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- insinuar verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 意味着 verb (to have as a consequence)
- 暗指 verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- 暗示 verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Czech
2 entries- implikovat verb (to have as a consequence)
- naznačit verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Danish
3 entries- antyde verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implicere verb (to have as a consequence)
- insinuere verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Dutch
4 entries- impliceren verb (to have as a consequence)
- impliceren verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- inhouden verb (to have as a consequence)
- suggereren verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa ymmärtää verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- merkitä verb (to have as a consequence)
- seurata verb (to have as a consequence)
- tarkoittaa verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
French
4 entries- impliquer verb (to have as a consequence)
- impliquer verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- insinuer verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- sous-entendre verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
German
4 entries- bedeuten verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implizieren verb (to have as a consequence)
- implizieren verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- implizieren verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Greek
1 entries- υπονοώ verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Hungarian
4 entries- akar(ja) mondani verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- céloz verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implikál verb (to have as a consequence)
- következtetni enged verb (to have as a consequence)
Icelandic
2 entries- benda til verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- gefa í skyn verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Ido
3 entries- implikar verb (to have as a consequence)
- implikar verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- implikar verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Irish
3 entries- tabhair le fios verb (to have as a consequence)
- tabhair le fios verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- tabhair le fios verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Italian
1 entries- implicare verb (to have as a consequence)
Japanese
1 entries- ほのめかす verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Norwegian
2 entries- implisere verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- insinuere verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- antyde verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implisere verb (to have as a consequence)
- innebære verb (to have as a consequence)
- medføre verb (to have as a consequence)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- implisere verb (to have as a consequence)
- innebere verb (to have as a consequence)
- medføre verb (to have as a consequence)
Persian
1 entries- به طور ضمنی اشاره کردن verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Polish
2 entries- pociągać (za sobą) verb (to have as a consequence)
- sugerować verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Portuguese
4 entries- acarretar verb (to have as a consequence)
- dar a entender verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implicar verb (to have as a consequence)
- insinuar verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Russian
4 entries- намека́ть verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- намекну́ть verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- подразумева́ть verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- предполага́ть verb (to have as a consequence)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ciallaich verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- seaghaich verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Spanish
4 entries- acarrear verb (to have as a consequence)
- conllevar verb (to have as a consequence)
- dar a entender verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implicar verb (to have as a consequence)
Swedish
3 entries- antyda verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- implicera verb (to have as a consequence)
- insinuera verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
Thai
2 entries- พูดเป็นนัย verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- หมายความ verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
Turkish
4 entries- gerektirmek verb (to have as a consequence)
- ima etmek verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- işaret etmek verb (to have as a consequence)
- kastetmek verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
Ukrainian
3 entries- мати на увазі verb (to suggest by a logical inference)
- натякати verb (to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement)
- припускати verb (to have as a consequence)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bao hàm verb (to have as a consequence)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
What do his words imply?
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What does his silence imply?
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The more I study for an exam, the worse I do! I guess correlation does not imply causation.
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