Imply vs Stand_for - What's the difference?
imply | stand_for | Related terms |
(of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence
(of a person) to suggest by logical inference
(of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
(archaic) to enfold, entangle.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.iv:
(idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent
* 2014 , A teacher, "
* John Locke
To advocate, to support
To tolerate
Imply is a related term of stand_for.
As verbs the difference between imply and stand_for
is that imply is (of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence while stand_for is (idiomatic) to mean; to symbolize; to represent.imply
English
Verb
(en-verb)- 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 don't wash my hands?
- And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes .
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* (to have as a necessary consequence) entail * (to suggest tacitly) allude, hint, insinuate, suggestSee also
* connotation * entailExternal links
* *stand_for
English
Verb
- The abbreviation CIA stands for "Central Intelligence Agency".
Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.
- I will not trouble myself, whether these names stand for the same thing, or really include one another.
- We won't stand for that type of behaviour.
