| VERB | communication | imply, connote | express or state indirectly |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | imply | suggest as a logically necessary consequence | |
| stative | imply, entail, mean | have as a logical consequence | |
| stative | imply, incriminate, inculpate | suggest that someone is guilty | |
| stative | imply, involve | have as a necessary feature |
| Sounds | ihmplay' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alkali ... walleye: 28 rhymes with lay... | |
| Meaning | Express or state indirectly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | connote | |
| Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
| Spanish | connotar, implicar | |
| Catalan | implicar | |
| Adjectives | implicative | tending to suggest or imply |
| Nouns | implication | a meaning / meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred / inferred / inferred |
| Meaning | Suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Narrower | connote, predicate | Involve as a necessary condition of consequence |
| presuppose, suppose | require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | |
| suggest, intimate | Imply as a possibility | |
| Broader | express, show, evince | Give expression / expression to |
| Spanish | implicar | |
| Adjectives | implicative | tending to suggest or imply |
| Nouns | implication | a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form 'if p then q' |
| Meaning | Have as a logical consequence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | entail, mean | |
| Broader | necessitate | Cause to be a concomitant |
| Spanish | acarrear, comportar, implicar, ocasionar, presuponer, suponer | |
| Catalan | encloure, implicar | |
| Adjectives | implicative | tending to suggest or imply |
| Nouns | implication | something that is inferred / inferred / inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) |
| Meaning | Suggest that someone is guilty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | incriminate, inculpate | |
| Broader | suggest, evoke, paint a picture | Call to mind |
| Spanish | implicar, incriminar, inculpar | |
| Catalan | incriminar, inculpar | |
| Nouns | implication | an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection |
| implication | a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement) | |
| Meaning | Have as a necessary feature. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | involve | |
| Narrower | carry | Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Spanish | implicar, involucrar, suponer | |
| Catalan | implicar, involucrar | |
| Nouns | implication | something that is inferred / inferred / inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) |
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