implies
Sayim-PLYZ/ɪmˈplaɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of imply.
The wording of the contract implies a longer commitment than the buyer expected.
A rising temperature reading implies that the engine is overheating.
Note
The y of imply becomes ie before the -s ending, as with apply and reply: it implies, they imply. The current meanings are all transitive, so implies needs an object, often a that-clause. Its subject is frequently a thing rather than a person, such as wording, a reading or a result, because one meaning is simply "has as a necessary consequence."
implies is a form of imply
imply, verb: To hint at or suggest something indirectly, without stating it openly. Full entry
- Spelling
- imply → implies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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