imply

UK /ɪmˈplaɪ/ US /ɪmˈplaɪ/
verb 4noun 1

Definitions

verb

1

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

Correlation does not imply causation

The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal.

2

To suggest by logical inference.

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

3

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?

The wrongminded notion of the feminist movement which implied it was anti-male carried with it the wrongminded assumption that all female space would necessarily be an environment where patriarchy and sexist thinking would be absent.

4

To enfold, entangle.

And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes.

noun

1

A logic gate that implements material implication.

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