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Implied

/ɪmˈplaɪd/

Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

📖 Definitions of "Implied"

adjective
  1. 1

    Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

verb
  1. 1

    (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence

    "The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal"

  2. 2

    (of a person) to suggest by logical inference

    "When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown"

  3. 3

    (of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement

  4. 4

    To enfold, entangle.

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