implied meaning

collocation in English

meaningsofimplyandmeaning

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imply
verb[T]
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/ɪmˈplaɪ/us
/ɪmˈplaɪ/
to communicate an idea or feeling without saying ...
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meaning
noun
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ/
The meaning of something is what it expresses ...
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(Definition ofimplyandmeaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimplied meaning

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Listeners use pragmatic knowledge, which is often culturally bound, to make inferences and determine the speaker'simpliedmeaning.
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These metaphors suggest animpliedmeaning("iaicci") which goes beyond the plain meaning of the words of poem.
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Thisimpliedmeaningconveys to the reader the emotion, feeling or mood ("meyppu") which the characters of the poem experience.
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Candidates are often required to analyse theimpliedmeaningof a given speech during the course of listening, like the attitude of a speaker.
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Theimpliedmeaningof improvised jam has found its way into other contexts.
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Semantics is the literal meaning of an idea whereas pragmatics is theimpliedmeaningof the given idea.
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As metalinguistic awareness grows, children begin to recognize that statements may have a literal meaning and animpliedmeaning.
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So don't leave your brains (or any other organs) at home, you will need it to dig out theimpliedmeaningin every line.
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Contrary toimpliedmeaning, in most cases it represented rather a state-controlled force, used to exert political repression on the citizens.
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It is related to the word to hear and carries theimpliedmeaningof what others hear about you.
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These last two additions bear noimpliedmeaningabout taxonomic or biological properties of the virus.
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Despite the obviousimpliedmeaning, the stories' true meanings were never discussed, partly due to the morning timeslot of the show when children may be listening.
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Metasyntactic variables have a secondary,impliedmeaningto the reader (often students), which makes them different from normal metavariables.
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The artist's intention behind each arrangement is shown through a piece's color combinations, natural shapes, graceful lines, and the usuallyimpliedmeaningof the arrangement.
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He claimed that the implied meanings of the allusions were defamatory because the extract symbolises, they wrote for reward from the indigo planters and not otherwise.
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