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What does imply mean? Is imply a Scrabble word?

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Is imply a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word imply is a Scrabble US word. The word imply is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is imply a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word imply is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is imply a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word imply is a Words With Friends word. The word imply is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

IMPLY,

4-letter words (4 found)

LIMP,LIMY,PILY,PLIM,

3-letter words (6 found)

IMP,LIP,LYM,MIL,PLY,YIP,

2-letter words (4 found)

LI,MI,MY,PI,

You can make 15 words from imply according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of imply

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Definitions and meaning of imply

imply

Etymology

From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈplaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Hyphenation: im‧ply

Verb

imply (third-person singular simple present implies, present participle implying, simple past and past participle implied)

  1. (transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
    Correlation does not imply causation
  2. (transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference
  3. (transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
  4. (archaic) to enfold, entangle.

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to have as a necessary consequence): entail
  • (to suggest tacitly): allude, hint, insinuate, suggest, (proscribed) infer

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Further reading

  • “imply”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “imply”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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