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# imply

verb (imply, implies, implied, implying)

«imply» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To suggest something without saying it directly: Are you implying I'm lazy? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#m1)
2. (logic, maths) For one thing to mean that another must be true: being a square implies having four sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#m2)

### In the lessons

In reading lessons (inference: what the writer implies, the reader infers); in maths and logic, if-then statements. Phrases: imply that, what are you implying, is implied by.

### Examples

- Are you implying that I took your pen? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x1)
- His smile implied he knew the secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x2)
- The writer implies the house is haunted without saying it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x3)
- Being a square implies having four equal sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x4)
- Her silence implied she was upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x5)
- A dark sky often implies rain is coming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x6)
- But this is the usual attitude of the folk towards the "Good People," as indeed their euphemistic name really implies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/#x7)

### Note

Past: implied; he implies. Noun: implication. Common confusion: the speaker implies, the listener infers. In logic, A implies B does not mean B implies A.

## In Jewish tradition

In reading lessons (inference: what the writer implies, the reader infers); in maths and logic, if-then statements. Phrases: imply that, what are you implying, is implied by.

### Examples

- Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imply/#x1)
- The view held bj' some Kabbalists that the nine Sefiroth or numerals (1-9) have emanated from infinity-C\]"iD VX implies that the Zero 0, has preceded the One, 1. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imply/#x2)

### Note

Past: implied; he implies. Noun: implication. Common confusion: the speaker implies, the listener infers. In logic, A implies B does not mean B implies A.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «imply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «imply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«imply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/imply.html) on Mova free.