Imply or infer?
We imply something by what we say. We infer something from what somebody else says. The main difference between these two words is that a speaker can imply, but a listener can only infer. …

imply | American Dictionary

imply
verb[ T ]
us/ɪmˈplɑɪ/
to suggest something without saying it directly, or to involve something as a necessary part or condition:
[ + (that) clause ]He implied (that) the error was mine.
Democracy implies free elections.

Examples of imply

imply
Where these associations might be implied, it is the individual/social opposition that is the significant one, not the hunter-gatherer/farmer one.
The significance of both in a psychology of perceiving space is that neither is static; indeed change and temporal rhythm are implied.
The second condition implied similarity of the first syllables in disyllabic items.
The fact that the theoretical debate has moved to a meta level, implies that archaeology is developing into an intellectual discipline.
Counteractive niche construction implies only that a novel selection pressure is counteracted by the actions of an organism.
However, neither adults nor children participate in culture in the mechanistic, unthinking way implied in social learning models of development.
Such an approach, of course, implies an underlying ability to cope which does not threaten family members' positions as primary carers.
The third hypothesis implies a more detailed expectation concerning the combined effects of both comfort and affection.
They consider that the model of reality it implies requires abstraction and, like any other model, it is valid as long as it becomes useful.
He is made of thicker stuff, it is implied, and blood is, of course, thicker than water.
By 2006 regeton was associated with what were called 'barrios malos' (bad neighbourhoods) which implies poor and more black.
Analysis of acceleration within music suggests that music acceleration is not constant in nature, implying that theories of linear velocity are inaccurate models.
The structure of mainstream, alternative and prescribed canons implies the presence of power relations and inequalities.
The data implied that nearly 40 % of human isolates may derive from poultry sources.
Although this method may help maximise utility it implies there is -exibility to switch between suppliers, etc. at minimum cost.
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