verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
implied criticism (= suggested indirectly, rather than said openly )
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She sensed the implied criticism in his remarks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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This theory also implies that the internal body clock takes up to five years to develop fully.
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This will no doubt make possible the most spectacular progress: but it also implies the longest distance to go.
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The fluttering or hovering of the Spirit, which is also implied , paradoxically indicates infinite gentle care.
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A parochial orientation also implies the comparative absence of expectations of change initiated by the political system.
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A modusvivendi would also imply success.
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Co-ordination also implies a certain amount of standardization.
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However, they also imply that there could be objects that have always travelled at faster-than light speeds.
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It can also imply that all the experiences and aspirations of their members are exhausted by the fact of racial subordination.
necessarily
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Competition and struggle may be the watchwords but this does not necessarily imply outright hostility.
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Therefore, it does not necessarily imply an out-of-control situation. 66.
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Accountability usually presupposes evaluation, but evaluation does not necessarily imply accountability.
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While this does not necessarily imply causality, it does suggest that the climate was compatible with public acceptance.
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What Polybius has in common with Cato, especially about the Roman constitution, does not necessarily imply that he read Cato.
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But does this necessarily imply more intense faith?
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And need a failure of transfer necessarily imply the failure of a contextually mediated retrieval process?
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However, the rapid increase in the number of science policy-making organs does not necessarily imply efficiency.
■ NOUN
change
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Design implies change and improvement, solving technical problems and meeting new needs.
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This seemed strange because the very word premenstrual naturally implies hormonal changes .
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Thus changes to some constants imply changes to other constants.
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At the same time the new tax system implied a fundamental change in the nature and purpose of the village community.
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Similarly, organisational learning implies change-in management philosophies and practices, organisational culture and procedures.
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Even before any changes were made in the police force, his presence implied great change.
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Such a model also implies a change in the driving force of economic decision-making.
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Again, decisions like these implied change .
existence
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Secondly the standard routes to chaos imply the existence of a well-defined onset of chaotic behaviour.
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The more traditional cross symbolised fulfilment; but fulfilment implied a span of existence transcending the grave.
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It implies the existence of a unified global economy that has a dynamic beyond simply the interaction of separate domestic economies.
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Local elections would not imply the existence of local politics if local election behaviour simply reflected attitudes towards national politics.
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Does not the concept of a citizen imply the existence of a society?
name
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The Gozinto chart does exactly what its name implies .
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As the name implies , the service is limited to the graphics-rich World Wide Web, excluding discussion areas.
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Library-Collegians reverse the usual conceptual model, as their name implies .
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The new system was as deep and mysterious as its chromatic code name implied .
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As the name implies , this operation involves emphasizing the boundary or edge features on the image so that it looks less blurred.
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Some of these products have fanciful names which imply that they are for the calorie conscious.
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As their name implies , merchant banks' function is to finance trade.
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A pled ging transaction is structured as its name implies .
need
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The second dimension implies the need for self-conscious implementation of equal opportunities and the questioning and revision of routine practices.
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As our discussion of the corporate form implies , the need for money capital is a critical determinant.
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Furthermore, the very notion of self-determination implies the need to exclude any outside pressure on a country.
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The third dimension implies the need for a society-wide reduction of inequalities and programmes of positive action by institutions.
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Allowing for retirements, that still implies the need for 2 million new jobs if unemployment is to be reduced significantly.
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Reconciliation implies the need to achieve harmony by making different objectives compatible.
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This implies the need to store potentially very large, unstructured data objects as just another field in a database record.
term
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The use of the term steriliser implies a chemical capability that is not possible in the food industry.
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These terms do not imply relationships nor are they roles to be played.
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What are the terms implied by the Supply of Goods and Services Act?
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The academic community depends upon, as the term implies , communication among its members.
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Certain other terms are implied into leases by virtue of statute and these are dealt with in their respective contexts.
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As the term implies , these traders own their own retail outlets.
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These standards arise from terms implied by law.
word
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The subject is a short word , implying the self-effacement of the lover.
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In popular language and literature, these two words simply implied contrast.
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What their words really imply is that they do not want to think about why they are out of breath on stairs.
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This seemed strange because the very word premenstrual naturally implies hormonal changes.
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In interpreting statutes, additional words should not be implied or introduced when the plain and natural meaning is clear.
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She hoarded words that implied such intimacy.
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Did those words imply a halt to recruiting and training guerrillas, as well as to shooting and bombing?
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So, is this bank going to keep its word , expressed or implied ?
■ VERB
mean
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He meant to imply that the Old King trusted William, that they were close politically, not sexually.
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I do not mean to imply that the Ninth Amendment is applied against the States by the Fourteenth.
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I do not mean to imply that engineering should or could be an exact discipline.
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This is not meant to imply that the details of the interaction are the same in both proteins.
seem
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The Bank seemed to be implying that it was all the auditors' fault.
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The myths and the archaeological record seem to imply a world-wide pattern of power taken from women.
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A change along one irrelevant dimension always seems to imply changes in the relevant dimensions for the preoperational child.
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None the less many writers seem to imply that it is, and as a result their position is unclear.
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This seems to imply that care programming has been considered and dismissed as redundant in view of prevailing systems of mental health care.
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Compromise seemed to imply concern for their own privileges and betrayal of the masses.
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That would seem to imply little reliability as either a mirror or informer of public opinion.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Among the ruins there are inscriptions, implying some degree of literacy even in the 9th century BC.
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As the examples imply , some markets are local while others are national or international in scope.
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Free trade implies shared values.
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His criticisms implied a lack of confidence in my work.
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Just the fact that he's written to you implies he likes you.
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Many prisoners' arms and legs have been broken, implying torture.
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Michael did imply that I could have the job if I wanted it.
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The article implied that unemployed people are lazy and do not want to work.
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The results imply that the disease originated in West Africa.
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The way he greeted the boys seemed to imply that he knew them quite well.
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You seem to be implying something that is not quite true.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An obligation of confidence can arise through contract, either express or implied.
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But research implies something fresh about the material we obtain.
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In discussing deviance here, no moral judgment is implied save in one respect.
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Obedience did not imply approval, however.
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This implies that any differences between forward and futures prices will be inconsequential.
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This assumption implies that the forward rate is an unbiased predictor of the future spot rate.
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What Polybius has in common with Cato, especially about the Roman constitution, does not necessarily imply that he read Cato.