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WORD ORIGINimplicate

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin past participle of implicare ‘to twist together, make complicated’

VERB TABLE

implicate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	implicate
	he, she, it	implicates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	implicated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have implicated
	he, she, it	has implicated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had implicated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will implicate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have implicated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am implicating
	he, she, it	is implicating
	you, we, they	are implicating
Past	I, he, she, it	was implicating
	you, we, they	were implicating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been implicating
	he, she, it	has been implicating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been implicating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be implicating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been implicating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

According to the prosecution, DNA tests 'irrefutably' implicate Henson.
New evidence implicates Mr Stapleton and his wife in the blackmail attempt.
Seafood is increasingly implicated as the source of the hepatitis A virus.
Sexually transmitted diseases have long been implicated in infertility.
She is claiming that the police are deliberately trying to implicate her.
Simon knew he couldn't possibly provide a blood sample without implicating himself.
The managing director of the bank was implicated in a fraud scandal.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Also, it was bound to implicate Government deeply.
Certainly he refused to implicate himself in the development of a theory in which he had played so great a part.
Five others who had been implicated, including the head of National Security, were not prosecuted, allegedly due to political considerations.
Science vainly struggles to keep up, offering hypotheses implicating all manner of causes and suggesting all manner of effects.
She had always been suspicious of Taczek, and here was yet more evidence implicating him with people she no longer trusted.

Longman Language Activatorto show that someone is guilty► implicate

to show or seem to show that someone is involved in something bad or illegal: · She is claiming that the police are deliberately trying to implicate her.implicate somebody in something: · New evidence implicates Mr Stapleton and his wife in the blackmail attempt.· The managing director of the bank was implicated in a fraud scandal.

► incriminating

use this about documents, tapes, photographs, statements etc that seem to show that someone is guilty of a crime: · The killer left an incriminating trail of footprints across the lawn.· Police found incriminating letters in the suspect's home.incriminating evidence: · They tried to dispose of the incriminating evidence by burning all their blood-stained clothes.

► incriminate

to make someone seem guilty of a crime: · Tape recordings of alleged conversations between the two suspects are unlikely to incriminate them.· These tapes incriminate a number of well-known politicians.

when something shows that something else is likely to be true► suggest

to show that something is probably true, even though there is no definite proof: · In fact, the situation is far worse than these figures suggest.suggest (that): · There was nothing in his letter to suggest that he might have been unhappy or depressed.· The drop in trading suggests the Asian economies may be headed for recession.suggest something to somebody: · A child's behavior might suggest to others that there are problems at home.strongly suggest (=show that something is very likely): · The door had not been forced open, which strongly suggests that the victim was known to her killer.

► indicate

if scientific facts, tests, official figures etc indicate something, they show that it is likely to be true: · How badly reform is needed was indicated recently by the rising youth crime figures.indicate (that): · Research indicates that the drug can be harmful to pregnant women.· Campaign finance records indicate many of the guests were donors to his own party.

► give the impression

to make people think that a particular situation exists, even though this may not actually be true: · She wasn't stupid, though at times she gave that impression.give the impression (that): · The luxurious offices gave the impression that the company had plenty of money to spare.give the impression of: · All this splendour and ceremony may at first give the impression of high culture and sophistication.give the impression that: · He gave me the impression that he didn't really rate my work.

► point to

to show that a particular explanation for something is likely to be true or that something is likely to happen in the future: · All the evidence points to a fatty diet being the main cause of heart disease in the West.· The poor economic climate and the attitude of leading executives both point to a grim future.

► imply

if a fact or piece of information, especially scientific information, implies something, it shows that it is likely to be true: · Among the ruins there are inscriptions, implying some degree of literacy even in the 9th century BC.· As the examples imply, some markets are local while others are national or international in scope.imply (that): · The results imply that the disease originated in West Africa.

► implicate

to show that someone or something is likely to be involved in or connected to something, especially something bad or harmful: · According to the prosecution, DNA tests 'irrefutably' implicate Henson.implicate in: · Sexually transmitted diseases have long been implicated in infertility.implicate as: · Seafood is increasingly implicated as the source of the hepatitis A virus. implicate himself/yourself etc (=show, suggest, or prove that he etc has committed a crime): · Simon knew he couldn't possibly provide a blood sample without implicating himself.

► be indicative of

formal if something is indicative of an event or situation, it shows that the event or situation is likely to exist or be true, but it is not definite that it does: · Persistent abdominal pain may be indicative of appendicitis.· The absence of any famous female composers is more indicative of male dominance than male genius.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be implicated in a scandal

(=be suspected of being involved)· One of the ministers implicated in the scandal resigned.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► also

· Bollywood's leading film financier, the popular Bharat Shah, was also implicated.· Smoking is also implicated in cancers of the bladder, pancreas, larynx, mouth, oesophagus, pharynx and kidney.· Above average temperatures were also implicated in these incidents.

NOUN► evidence

· She had always been suspicious of Taczek, and here was yet more evidence implicating him with people she no longer trusted.· Nevertheless, direct evidence implicating IRF-1 as the critical target gene in 5q deletions remains sparse.· No evidence exists to implicate Lord Ashcroft in committing crimes.

► murder

· But if she wasn't implicated in the murder, what the hell was the ring doing there?

► scandal

· Melancia, who had been appointed to the post in mid-1987, had been implicated in a financial scandal in February 1990.· Members of all political parties, including the ex-Communists, are implicated in the scandal.

WORD FAMILYnounimplicationverbimplicate