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Implied

Definition: Implied

Implied

Adjective

1. Indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood provisos of a custody agreement".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "implied" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Synonyms: Implied

Synonyms: silent (adj), tacit (adj), understood (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Implied

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Imagination

Declaratory; intelligible; literal; synonymous; tantamount; (equivalent); implied; (latent); explicit.

Latency Implication

Adjective: latent; lurking;Verb: secret; occult; implied; Verb: dormant; abeyant.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Implied

English words defined with "implied": A clean breach, ablative absolute, already, AssumpsitBeginconnotationdeductionelse, entailment, Erotesis, expressHidden fifthsimplication, implicit, implicitness, inexplicitNor, not yetoptimal, optimum, otherPregnant constructionread between the linessaber rattling, sabre rattling, side, so, startTo make haste, To sail fineUn-Whether, Which. (references)
Specialty definitions using "implied": Action Ex Contractu, Ague, Almost, Alpha Geek, Altarback link, Botley AssizesClock, Coffee, Covering of the eyesdeductive database, directed graphFile, full virtual terminal environment, full-VTEimplicit interest, Implied Conditions, imputed interestJourneyLeaves, Log-rollingmembers, moby, MostOne Percent Chance FloodParty, Person, phase relationsRaven, Reaction force, Runaway Behaviorsimple link, simple link process definitionthreshold of audibilityultimate strengthVeryWedge. (references)
Etymologies containing "implied": imply. (references)

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Modern Usage: Implied

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh, it is implied by the fact that you have removed the plaques from the societies to which you no longer belong (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution; writing credit: Arthur Conan Doyle; Nicholas Meyer)

Bradford was pessimistic, but implied that maybe all was not lost (The Creeping Terror; writing credit: Arthur Ross; Robert Silliphant)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Implied

DomainTitle

Books

  • Barnwell County Marriages Seventeen Seventy-Five to Eighteen Seventy-Nine: Implied in Barnwell County, S. C. Probate and Equity Records (reference)

  • Implied Contract (reference)

  • Implied Law in the Abraham Narrative: A Literary and Theological Analysis (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 335) (reference)

  • Implied Reader (reference)

  • The Implied Spider (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Guided by Voices: Some Drinking Implied (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Implied

AuthorQuotation

J. William Fulbright

The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Implied

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

The less the skill and exertion of strength implied in manual labour, in other words, the more modern industry becomes developed, the more is the labour of men superseded by that of women. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Implied

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

To (r)repose implied luxury, and there was respect in it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Implied

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

United Arab Emirates

However, if given at least implied permission to report on such matters, critical articles are published. (references)

Australia

The High Court also has supported implied constitutional freedom of speech and of the press involving public political discourse. (references)

Australia

The Constitution does not provide for freedom of speech and of the press; however, in two decisions the High Court has indicated that freedom of political discourse is implied in the Constitution. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

No responsibility for professional ability or integrity of those listed is implied, but the firms have been chosen with care. (references)

Egypt

There are no time limits for making payment from the date of acceptance of a bid, nor any provision for implied or automatic acceptance of a supplied good or service. (references)

Uzbekistan

The exporter uses his export revenue to purchase and import the goods the investor needs, and sells the goods to the investor at a price with an implied exchange rate well in excess of the black market rate. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

The ruling is also an implied exoneration of Orozco because the Prosecutor General's office had decided in March 1999 not to press charges against Orozco. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Moreover, even though the "right" to convert exists, there is no implied assurance of availability. (references)

Nigeria

The Companies Act prohibits "notice of any trust, express, implied or constructive" and such shall not be entered on the register of members or be receivable by the CAC. (references)

Worker Rights

Morocco

The right to organize and bargain collectively is implied in the constitutional provisions on the right to strike and the right to join organizations; however, the laws governing collective bargaining are inadequate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Implied

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801We have, by our own express consent, contracted to observe the Navigation Act, and by our implied consent, by long usage and uninterrupted acquiescence, have submitted to the other acts of trade, however grievous some of them may be.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Large interests have grown up under the implied pledge of our national legislation, which it would seem a violation of public faith suddenly to abandon.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Implied

"Implied" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 36.20% of the time. "Implied" is used about 1,730 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)36.2%62610,355
Lexical Verb (past tense)32.91%56911,073
Lexical Verb (past participle)29.33%50711,929
Noun (proper)1.56%2766,962
                    Total100.00%1,730N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Implied

Expressions using "implied": implied authority implied condition implied meaning implied power implied repo rate implied trust. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Implied

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

implied

35

implied volatility

26

implied power

16

consent implied

13

implied warranty

12

implied contract

12

implied consent law

8

idea implied main

7

easement implied

6

option implied volatility

5

implied warranty of habitability

4

implied license patent

3

implied merchantability warranty

3

contract fact implied in

3

implied line

3

contract employment implied terms

2

implied metaphor

2

forward implied rate

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Implied

Language Translations for "implied"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i vetëkuptuar, i nënkuptuar (implicit, tacit). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مفهوم ضمنيا, ‏مفهوم ضمنا (implicit, tacit), ‏مقدر (estimated, evaluated, fatal, fated, fateful, predestined, rated, tacit), ‏ضمني (implicit, tacit, underlying). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

скрит (cagey, cagy, clandestine, close, covert, delitescent, dormant, furtive, hidden, implicit, insidious, latent, occult, potential, private, privy, recondite, secret, sneaking, snug, ulterior, underlying), косвен (circuitous, circumstantial, collateral, implicit, indirect, mediate, oblique, vicarious), който се подразбира (constructive, implicate, implicit, inferential). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

暗示 (Allude, Alluded, Alluding, Cue, Hinted, Hinting, implies, imply, Implying, suggestive, Suggestiveness). (various references)

   

Czech

  

implicitní (implicit), nevyslovený (tacit, unmentioned, unsaid, unspoken, unvoiced), naznaèovaný. (various references)

   

Danish

  

implied trust (constructive trust, implied trust, resulting trust), implied powers (implied powers), implicit pengemarkedsrente (implied repo rate), underforstået autoritet (implied authority), underforestået garanti (implied condition), stiltiende betingelser (implied condition), stiltiende afvisning (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), psykologisk indvirkning (implied coercion, vis compulsiva), moralsk tvang (implied coercion, vis compulsiva), forudsatte beføjelser (implied powers), en udtrykkelig eller stiltiende beslutning,der afslaar at anerkende,at den ovennaevnte situation bestaar (an express or implied decision refusing to recognise the existence of the situation referred to above), den stiltiende beslutning om afslag,som anses at vaere en foelge af denne passivitet (the implied decision of refusal which is to be inferred from the silence on the matter), constructive trust (constructive trust, implied trust, resulting trust). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

implied trust (constructive trust, implied trust, resulting trust), impliciete erfdienstbaarheid (implied basements), stilzwijgende voorwaarde (implied condition), stilzwijgende bevoegdheid (implied authority), stilzwijgend besluit tot afwijzing (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), sociale druk (implied coercion, vis compulsiva), morele dwang (implied coercion, moral coercion, vis compulsiva), gebruikte repro-rente (implied repo rate), een beschikking welke uitdrukkelijk of stilzwijgend het bestaan van de bedoelde toestand ontkent (an express or implied decision refusing to recognise the existence of the situation referred to above), de stilzwijgende weigering,die in dit nalaten is besloten (the implied decision of refusal which is to be inferred from the silence on the matter), constructive trust (constructive trust, implied trust, resulting trust). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rivien välissä oleva. (various references)

   

French

  

implicite (implicit), tacite (implicit), sous entendu. (various references)

   

German

  

inbegriffen (implicit, included, including), implizierte, besagte (said). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπονοούμενος (implicit), αόρ. του imply. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מרומז (hinted, implicit, suggested, tacit). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szóban forgó (in question, involved), ki nem fejezett (unpronounced), következõ (ensuing, following, next, next/following, sequence, Sequent, sequential, subsequent), hallgatólagos (connivance, implicit, tacit, unspoken), burkolt (covert, hooded, insinuating, muffled, oblique, veiled), bennefoglalt, beleértett (implicit, inclusive), beleértõdõ, adódó. (various references)

   

Italian

  

implicito (implicit, tacit), sottinteso (allusion, implicit meaning, tacit, understood). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

言外 (implicit, unexpressed). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

げんがい (excess, extra, implicit, tax reduction, unexpressed). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

함축하는. (various references)

   

Manx

  

in-hoggit, fillit (doubled up, involute, lap-jointed, plaited, rolled, wrapped). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

implieday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sujeições legais implícitas (implied basements), mandato aparente (implied authority), decisão implícita de indeferimento (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), condição implícita (implied condition), coacção moral (implied coercion, moral coercion, vis compulsiva), a decisão implícita de recusa que se deduz deste silêncio (the implied decision of refusal which is to be inferred from the silence on the matter), a decisão expressa ou tácita que negue o reconhecimento da existência da situação acima mencionada (an express or implied decision refusing to recognise the existence of the situation referred to above). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

предполагаемый (alleged, anticipative, assumable, expected, presumptive, probable, purported, putative, reputed, supposed, suppositional), подразумевать неявный, подразумеваемый (implicit, tacit). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

obuhvaćen (implicit), koji se podrazumeva (matter of course). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

implícito (constructive, implicit). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

underförstådd (implicit, tacit). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ima edilen (implicit), kastedilen, demek istenilen. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

що мається на увазі (implicit), непрямий (devious, indirect, oblique, sideway, sideways, sidewise, vicarious). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngụ ý (indicative, overtone, sentiment), bao hàm, ám chỉ; mặc nhiên. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Implied

Misspellings

"Implied" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amplimer, impid, implede, implie, implier, imploee, imploide, implye, Ippleden. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Implied"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "implied" (pronounced i'mplī"d)
5-m p l ī" dcomplied.
4-p l ī" dapplied, misapplied, oversupplied, plied, replied, supplied.
3-l ī" dallied, belied, collide, lied, flied, glide, relied, slide.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Implied

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-l-m-p"

-1 letter: dimple, limped, limpid, lipide.

-2 letters: imide, imped, impel, limed, lipid, medii, piled, pilei, plied.

-3 letters: deil, deli, diel, dime, idem, idle, imid, impi, lied, lime, limp, lipe, meld, midi, mild, mile, pied, pile, pili, pled, plie.

-4 letters: del, die, dim, dip, eld, elm, imp, led, lei, lid, lie, lip, med, mel, mid, mil, ped.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-l-m-p"
 

+1 letter: dimplier, milliped.

 

+2 letters: amplified, dimpliest, imperiled, millipede, millipeds.

 

+3 letters: bedimpling, bipedalism, delphinium, epidemical, epididymal, imperilled, impleading, impledging, implicated, limpidness, maxilliped, millipedes, misapplied, multiplied, prelimited, simplified.

 

+4 letters: bipedalisms, delphiniums, diplomacies, exemplified, limpidities, maxillipeds, mispleading, pilgrimaged, polemicized, spermicidal, unamplified.

 

+5 letters: complexified, epidemically, epidemiology, limpidnesses, simpleminded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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