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imply
has definitions from the field of logic
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[ verb ] express or state indirectly
Synonyms Used in print (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)Those who favor placing trade_unions under anti-trust laws imply that they are advocating a brand new reform . (Huston Smith, "Interfaith Communication: The...)I do not mean to imply that Christians have adopted the liberal assumption , so prevalent in Hinduism , that all religions are merely different paths to the same summit . In mentioning this under `` salvation reconsidered '' I do not mean to imply that Roman_Catholic doctrine has changed in_this area but rather that it has become clearer to the world community what that doctrine is . (Rosemary Balckmon, "How Much Do You Tell When...)In one now-historic first interview , for_example , the transcript ( reproduced from the book , The First Five Minutes ) goes like this : The therapist 's level tone is bland and neutral - he has , for_example , avoided stressing `` you '' , which would imply disapproval ; or surprise , which would set the patient apart from other people . (Arthur S. Miller, "Toward a Concept of National...)If internal responsibility suggests acceptance of the socialist ideal of equality , then external responsibility implies adherence to principles of ideological supranationalism . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (logic) suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Can the church risk assuming that the `` folly '' of men is as dear to God as their `` wisdom '' , or , as is also commonly implied , that `` the foolishness of God '' and `` the foolishness of men '' are simply two ways of talking_about the same thing ? (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)A randomization of `` ups '' and `` downs '' is more likely than ordered `` ups '' and `` downs '' in position ( 3 ) since the hydrogen_atoms are well separated and so the position of one could hardly affect the position of another , and also since ordered `` up '' and `` down '' implies a larger unit_cell , for which no evidence exists . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)The foregoing remarks imply that the hypothalamic balance plays a crucial role at the crossroads between physiological and pathological forms of emotion . (Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)Thus in the three dice example * * f , * * f , and the independence assumption implies that the probability that the three dice fall ace , not ace , ace in that order is ( 1 6 ) ( 5 6 ) ( 1 6 ) . In repetitions of the experiment from couple to couple , the votes of the two persons in a couple probably agree more often than independence would imply , because couples who visit the museum together are more likely to have similar tastes than are a random pair of people drawn from the entire population of visitors . Related terms |
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[ verb ] have as a logical consequence
Examples "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" Used in print (C. R. Wylie, Jr. "Line involutions in S3 whose...)Since C is rational , this correspondence has k coincidences , each of_which implies a line of the pencil which meets its image . Related terms |
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[ verb ] suggest that someone is guilty
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[ verb ] have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail
Synonyms Examples "This decision involves many changes" Related terms |
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