Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of imply
nounimplying (plural implyings)
plural implyings
- implication
Human events are always implyings. What they are includes the implying of further events.
1991, Bernard D. den Ouden, Marcia Moen, The Presence of Feeling in Thought, page 931 more example
While it was noted above that the interaffecting of the present by the occurrings and implyings of the past provides a means of generating a sense of a personal past through the accumulation of bodily-relevant occurrings and implyings, […]
2016, Janet Banfield, Geography Meets Gendlin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with implying
tryingbuyingflyingapplyingdyinglyingcryingdryingdenyingspyingtyingcomplyingfryingdyeingdefyingvyingundyingpryingsighingplyingscryingdecryingretryinguntying
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implying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implying
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “implying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/implying.
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