implied

[ im-plahyd ]

/ ɪmˈplaɪd /

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adjective

involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood: an implied rebuke; an implied compliment.

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Origin of implied

First recorded in 1520–30; imply + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM implied

im·pli·ed·ly

[im-plahy-id-lee], /ɪmˈplaɪ ɪd li/, adverbun·im·plied, adjectivewell-im·plied, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH implied

explicit, implicit, implied

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How to use implied in a sentence

That kind of implied performance boost isn’t going to be enough to cover the warts on some of the more flawed division leaders.
There’s no such thing as home-field advantage in the NFL this season|Neil Greenberg|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Does not every meeting of the repeal party impliedly make an assault upon our constitution?
Popery! As it Was and as it Is|William Hogan
Everybody always went armed in Boisé, as the gravestones impliedly testified.
Red Men and White|Owen Wister
The proclamation of 1858, impliedly promised some such free autonomous representative government.
India for Indians|C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das

Dramatic works were specifically and playright impliedly protected.
Copyright: Its History and Its Law|Richard Rogers Bowker
Native citizens take no oath of citizenship, expressly or impliedly, whatever the latter word may mean.
Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854|Various

British Dictionary definitions for implied

implied

/ (ɪmˈplaɪd) /

adjective

hinted at or suggested; not directly expressedan implied criticism

Derived forms of implied

impliedly (ɪmˈplaɪɪdlɪ), adverb

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