sous-entendre

Definitions of sous-entendre
  1. verb
    drop a hint; intimate by a hint
    synonyms: dire à demi-mot, insinuer
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    types:
    insinuer, suggèrer
    give to understand
    renseigner
    provide someone with a clue
    effleurer, faire allusion à
    make a more or less disguised reference to
    type of:
    communiquer, faire connaître, faire savoir
    make known; pass on, of information
  2. verb
    express or state indirectly
    synonyms: suggérer
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    type of:
    exprimer, montrer
    give expression to
  3. verb
    suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
    synonyms: donner à entendre, suggérer
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    types:
    présupposer
    require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
    intimer
    imply as a possibility
    affirmer
    involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
    type of:
    exprimer, montrer
    give expression to
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