imply, connote
(verb) express or state indirectly
imply
(verb) suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
entail, imply, mean
(verb) have as a logical consequence; “The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers”
imply, involve
(verb) have as a necessary feature; “This decision involves many changes”
incriminate, imply, inculpate
(verb) suggest that someone is guilty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
imply (third-person singular simple present implies, present participle implying, simple past and past participle implied)
(transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
(transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference
(transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
(archaic) to enfold, entangle.
• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See English catenative verbs
• (to have as a necessary consequence): entail
• (to suggest tacitly): allude, hint, insinuate, suggest
Source: Wiktionary
Im*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] Etym: [From the same source as employ. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." Chapman.
2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. Bp. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. Blackstone.
3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] Whence might this distaste arise If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. J. Webster.
Syn.
– To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
