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},
"expansion": "Middle English implien",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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{
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"5": "to infold, involve"
},
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"etymology_text": "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.",
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"text": "Correlation does not imply causation",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The proposition that \"all dogs are mammals\" implies that my dog is a mammal.",
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"to have as a necessary consequence"
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"(transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence"
],
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"sense": "to have as a necessary consequence",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "označavam",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "означавам"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "comportar"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìwèizhe",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "意味着"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implikovat"
},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicere"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "impliceren"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "inhouden"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "merkitä"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "seurata"
},
{
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "impliquer"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implizieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "zur Folge haben"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "maga után von"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "magában foglal"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implikál"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "következtetni enged"
},
{
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implikar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implisere"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "medføre"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "pociągać (za sobą)"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "ter como consequência"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "acarretar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpolagátʹ",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предполага́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "acarrear"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "conllevar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicera"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "gerektirmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "işaret etmek"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prypuskaty",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "припускати"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 4 4 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "bao hàm"
}
]
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"examples": [
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"text": "When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown.",
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"to suggest by logical inference"
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"(transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podrazbiram",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "подразбирам"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "implicar"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "suggereren"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "tarkoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 66 30 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "väittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 66 30 1",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "impliquer"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "implizieren"
},
{
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "implikar"
},
{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "implisere"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 66 30 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podrazumevátʹ",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подразумева́ть"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "kastetmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 66 30 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "maty na uvazi",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "мати на увазі"
}
]
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{
"text": "What do you mean \"we need to be more careful with hygiene\"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?",
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"to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement"
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"(transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement"
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"sense": "to suggest tacitly",
"word": "allude"
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{
"_dis1": "3 28 61 8",
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{
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"sense": "to suggest tacitly",
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],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "inṭawā",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "اِنْطَوَى"
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"roman": "namjakacʹ",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "намякаць"
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{
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "namjaknúcʹ",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "намякну́ць"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zagatvam",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "загатвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namekvam",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "намеквам"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ànshì",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "暗示"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ànzhǐ",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "暗指"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "naznačit"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "impliceren"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "vihjailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "antaa ymmärtää"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "vihjata"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sous-entendre"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "bedeuten"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "implizieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "yponoó",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "υπονοώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sugall"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "utal"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "céloz"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sejtet"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "akar(ja) mondani"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "gefa í skyn"
},
{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "benda til"
},
{
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "implikar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "honomekasu",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "ほのめかす"
},
{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuere"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "antyde"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "به طور ضمنی اشاره کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sugerować"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "dar a entender"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 5 69 20",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "namekátʹ",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "намека́ть"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "comportar"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "yìwèizhe",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "意味着"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implikovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicere"
},
{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "impliceren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "inhouden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "merkitä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "seurata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "impliquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implizieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "zur Folge haben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "maga után von"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "magában foglal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implikál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "következtetni enged"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implikar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicare"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implisere"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "medføre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "pociągać (za sobą)"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "ter como consequência"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "acarretar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predpolagátʹ",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "предполага́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "acarrear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "conllevar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "implicera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "gerektirmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "işaret etmek"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "припускати"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to have as a consequence",
"word": "bao hàm"
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"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "ca",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "tarkoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "väittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "implizieren"
},
{
"code": "io",
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},
{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
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"code": "es",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
"word": "kastetmek"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "maty na uvazi",
"sense": "to suggest by a logical inference",
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{
"code": "ar",
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"code": "be",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
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"word": "намякаць"
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"code": "be",
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "загатвам"
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{
"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "ca",
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"word": "insinuar"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "ànshì",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "暗示"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "ànzhǐ",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "暗指"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "naznačit"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "impliceren"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "vihjailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "antaa ymmärtää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "vihjata"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "insinuer"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sous-entendre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "bedeuten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "implizieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "υπονοώ"
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{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "sugall"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "utal"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "céloz"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sejtet"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "akar(ja) mondani"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "gefa í skyn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "benda til"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "implikar"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "honomekasu",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "ほのめかす"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuere"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "antyde"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "به طور ضمنی اشاره کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "sugerować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "dar a entender"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "namekátʹ",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "намека́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "намекну́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "ciallaich"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "seaghaich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "dar a entender"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "antyda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "insinuera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "ima etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "manasına getirmek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natjakaty",
"sense": "to express suggestively rather than as a direct statement",
"word": "натякати"
}
],
"word": "imply"
}
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