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imply - suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic |
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evince,
express,
show articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
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presuppose,
suppose require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
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intimate,
suggest give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
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connote,
predicate involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
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imply - express or state indirectly |
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connote |
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evince,
express,
show articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
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imply - have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" |
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involve |
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feature,
have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"
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carry continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
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