implicate
/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/verb
उच्चारण इम्प्लिकेट
(अपराध में) फँसाना, लिप्त दिखाना, शामिल बताना
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[T] ~ sb (in sth)
to show or suggest that somebody is involved in something bad or criminal
(अपराध में) फँसाना, लिप्त दिखाना, शामिल बताना
- The diary implicated three officials in the scam.
- He refused to implicate his friends.
- The evidence implicated the manager in the fraud.
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- He was implicated in the plot by his own friend.
- Nobody wanted to implicate a colleague in the matter.
Synonyms involve incriminate embroil
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[T] ~ sth (in sth) formal
to show that something is partly the cause of a problem
(किसी चीज़ को समस्या का) कारण बताना
- Smoking has been implicated in several cancers.
- Studies implicate junk food in the rise of childhood obesity.
- Scientists implicated polluted water in the outbreak.
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- Fatty food has been implicated in heart disease.
- Poor wiring was implicated in the cause of the fire.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
im·pli·cate
?Which word?
implicate or imply?
Implicate means to show that somebody is involved in wrongdoing. Imply means to suggest something without saying it directly: 'Her tone implied that she was angry.' Both have the noun implication, with the two meanings.
Implicate का अर्थ 'किसी को गलत काम में शामिल दिखाना' है। Imply का अर्थ 'बिना सीधे कहे संकेत देना' है, जैसे 'Her tone implied that she was angry'। दोनों का noun implication है, दोनों अर्थों के साथ।
The implicate/imply pair is a sentence-improvement item.
Sentence improvement में implicate और imply का अंतर पूछा जाता है।
§Grammar and usage
Implicate sb in sth.
'implicate sb in sth' आता है।