implicate
verb/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they implicate | /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it implicates | /ˈɪmplɪkeɪts/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple implicated | /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle implicated | /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form implicating | /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- implicate somebody (in something) to show or suggest that somebody is involved in something bad or criminal
- He tried to avoid saying anything that would implicate him further.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- heavily
- strongly
- …
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- implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad
- The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- heavily
- strongly
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern sense (‘to convey something indirectly’), dates from the early 17th cent.
Idioms
See implicate in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee implicate in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe implicated in something
- to be involved in a crime; to be responsible for something bad
- Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence.
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