- imply, connote - express or state indirectly
--1 is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun connotation2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- connote, predicate - involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
--2 is one way to imply
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun connotation1
Something ----s something