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What does imply mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word imply? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
  2. (transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference
  3. (transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
  4. (archaic) to enfold, entangle.
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Each of these two definitions seems to imply a relationship between slightly different concepts.
Although its name would imply that it radiates heat, the radiator actually dissipates the coolant's heat not by radiation but by convection.
Thereby they imply that the sculpture is steeped in the same aesthetic as that behind our legacy of San rock paintings.
By this, we mean that even low rates of GNP growth can imply very big increases in the absolute level of real GNP over time.
In justification of the refusal you imply that these staff are unwilling to supervise you even though they have signed the forms.
I hate it when people put words into my mouth or when they imply something that I should do.

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