English-French translations for imply

• impliquer
• insinuer
  Je me demande toutefois ce que M. Ferber a voulu insinuer. I wonder however what Mr Ferber wished to imply.
  Vous ne devriez pas essayer d’insinuer que de tels sommets n’auraient plus lieu. You should not try to imply that such summits would no longer happen.
  Il est injuste d’insinuer que notre groupe est l’unique responsable de tous les amendements. It is unfair to imply that our group is solely responsible for all the amendments.
• laisser entendre
  Il est incorrect de laisser entendre que, d’une manière ou d’une autre, la présidence irlandaise pourrait être un échec si ce sujet n’aboutit pas. It is wrong to imply that somehow the Irish presidency may be a failure if this issue does not go through.
• sous-entendre
  Tout ce que je viens de dire peut sous-entendre qu'il y a beaucoup à faire. Everything I have said may imply that there is much to do.
  Il laisse toutefois sous-entendre qu'en modifiant les réglementations nous pourrions faire des économies. But he does imply that by changing the regulations we can save money.
  Il serait injuste de laisser sous-entendre qu'il s'agissait d'une pure fantaisie de Mme Oomen-Ruijten. It would be unfair to imply that this was simply a frolic of her own by Mrs Oomen-Ruijten.

Definition of imply

• to have as a necessary consequence
• to suggest by logical inference
• to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
• to enfold, entangle

Examples

• The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal
• When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown
• What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I dont wash my hands?

Related words

• simply
• pimply
• simply connected
• simply put