verb · neutral
imply
/ɪmˈplaɪ/im·PLY
Band 5-6task2speaking
suggest something without saying it directly
Examples
“The study implies that many students prefer online resources.”
“Are you implying that I was wrong?”
“His comments implied a lack of confidence in the plan.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the author did not state it directly, the data imply a correlation between income and health outcomes.”
Collocations
- imply that
- be implied by
- implicit implication
Word family
implication nounimplicit adjective
Common mistakes
mean→imply
Say it for a higher band
5suggest→6imply→7+imply
Synonyms
suggest
Easily confused
imply vs infer
“From his tone, I inferred that he was unhappy.”
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