Contain and Imply

Contain

Contain verb - To have within.

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Imply and contain are semantically related In some cases you can use "Imply" instead a verb "Contain".

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

Imply verb - To convey an idea indirectly.

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Contain and imply are semantically related in include topic. Sometimes you can use "Contain" instead a verb "Imply".

Nearby Words: implication, implied, implying

kind	contain kind	imply kind
word	contain word	imply word
knowledge	contain knowledge	imply knowledge
sort	contain sort	imply sort
Other words: number, nothing, message, elements, powers.

As the titles of his first two books imply, he was both a drug-addict and a homosexual bisexual, something he had always been grimly unapologetic about.His books contain graphic depictions of drug-usage and sodomy, which are still shocking, even by today's comparably cynical standards.

Source: Creator / William S. Burroughs

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