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/ɛ̃.pli.ke/

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Translation

to involve, to imply

Word origin

From Latin implicare ('to fold in, to entangle'), from in- ('in') and plicare ('to fold'). English implicate and imply come from the same verb.

Origin
Latin
Root
implicare
English cognates
implicate, imply, complicate

Grammar

Verb type-er regular (1st group)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeimpliqueimpliquaisimpliquaiimpliqueraiimpliquerais
tuimpliquesimpliquaisimpliquasimpliquerasimpliquerais
il/elleimpliqueimpliquaitimpliquaimpliqueraimpliquerait
nousimpliquonsimpliquionsimpliquâmesimpliqueronsimpliquerions
vousimpliquezimpliquiezimpliquâtesimpliquerezimpliqueriez
ils/ellesimpliquentimpliquaientimpliquèrentimpliquerontimpliqueraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeimpliqueimpliquasse
tuimpliquesimpliquasses
il/elleimpliqueimpliquât
nousimpliquionsimpliquassions
vousimpliquiezimpliquassiez
ils/ellesimpliquentimpliquassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuimplique
nousimpliquons
vousimpliquez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
impliquant
Past participle
impliqué · impliquée · impliqués · impliquées

Examples

déplacements.

This job involves a lot of travelling.

cette .

I do not want to involve my family in this business.

-- refus ?

Does his silence imply a refusal?

.

The pupils got very involved in the project.

.

Accepting this contract means that we have to move house.

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This word is part of lesson 25.