(v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
(v. t.) To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
Example Sentences:
(1) What are New York values?” he asked the crowd, alluding to Cruz’s vague denigration of those “liberal” values in a January debate.
(2) The appearance of a band with lean, spiky songs, high cheekbones and excellent trousers was therefore the cause of considerable excitement, to which they mischievously alluded in the title of their debut album, Is This It.
(3) They did a recount,” she said, alluding to a campaign funded by the Green party .
(4) He also alluded to double standards applied by disciplinary bodies.
(5) Warm words from Obama for Biden leave door open for support for 2016 run Read more The US vice-president, in a conference call with Democratic National Committee members, said he was trying to decide whether he could give “my whole heart and my whole soul” to a run for the White House, but also alluded to the burden that had been placed on his family by the death of his son, Beau Biden .
(6) Wisconsin allowed representative Paul Ryan a similar loophole in 2012, as has Delaware for vice-president Joe Biden, precedents that Paul alluded to: “This idea did not originate with me, or even in this current cycle.” Paul made his ambitions plain as he pleaded to be made an exception.
(7) Pope Francis in DC: pontiff alludes to sex abuse and political divisions – live Read more “I am also conscious of the courage with which you have faced difficult moments in the recent history of the church in this country without fear of self-criticism and at the cost of mortification and great sacrifice,” he said.
(8) But their lyrics soon alluded to "blood on the ground".
(9) Pompeo vaguely alluded to CIA counter-terrorism “beyond Isis and al-Qaida”, but he did not follow up, nor did senators press him to elaborate.
(10) Many studies evaluating the effectiveness of coronary artery bypass graft surgery allude to the quality of life benefit resulting from surgery.
(11) I think Paul Ryan is soon to be ‘Cantored’, as in Eric Cantor,” she said, alluding to the former Republican House leader who was knocked out of his seat in 2014 by a more conservative candidate.
(12) Claim after sensational claim has appeared, some making reference to unusual anatomical features and others alluding to curious personal habits.
(13) Another, alluding to the infamous video in which a rebel fighter appears to take a bite from the heart of a dead soldier, showed Putin and Assad stirring a pot of blood, and Putin saying: "Let's say … FSA are cannibals."
(14) It is likely that stimulation of C4BP gene expression by dexamethasone may allude to a mechanism by which glucocorticoids exert their anti-inflammatory effects.
(15) Without making any accusation, the Everton manager, David Moyes, in the build-up, had alluded to the notion that Riley himself was once a fan of the Old Trafford club.
(16) The “three percenter” moniker alludes to the small percentage of colonials such groups claim fought in the American revolutionary war.
(17) I hope she is alluding not to a head-butt but to John Barrowman’s cheeky wee snog with a male dancer during the opening performance of the Commonwealth Games, which has led to a revised definition of the term – one that reflects the modern, friendly and tolerant city that Glasgow really is.
(18) The role played by these medicines in road accidents has often been alluded to in the literature, but the value of these previous studies was limited by the lack of quantitative assays.
(19) He also alludes to the fact that he chose to fight and die inside Libya rather than picking the route, in his view dishonourable, of foreign exile.
(20) 9.50pm BST Meanwhile in the National League As alluded to above, it seems just like yesterday that the Pittsburgh Pirates were starting to plan for a trip to the National League Championship Series.
Implied
Definition:
(a.) Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.
(imp. & p. p.) of Imply
Example Sentences:
(1) Our results suggest that the peripheral sensitivity to hypoxia declined more than that to CO2, implying a peripheral chemoreceptor origin for hypoxic ventilatory decline.
(2) The extreme quenching of the dioxetane chemiluminescence by both microsomes and phosphatidylcholine, as a model phospholipid, implies that despite the low quantum yield (approx.
(3) The number of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) producing IgM (spontaneous and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) stimulated) at the end of a seven day culture period was similar in PBC patients and control subjects while the amount of IgM synthesized (spontaneous and PWM stimulated) during this period was significantly greater in the patient group, implying that the amount of IgM produced per B cell was increased in PBC.
(4) The minimal change in gel fiber size caused by slow A release implies that fibrin fiber size is primarily a function of ionic environment and not of the sequence of peptide release.
(5) In contrast sham-hemodialysis in group CA and group PS, respectively, did not result in significant increases in amino acid efflux from the leg implying that the protein catabolic effect of blood membrane contact depends on the chemical properties of dialysis membranes.
(6) This implies that the epitope(s) of NNA-PLA2 might comprise some substituted residues in the sequence of PLA2 homologues.
(7) This light microscopic comparison of viable FDA- and nonviable PI-stained cysts of G. muris demonstrates that 2 types of cysts can be distinguished and implies that structural differences can be used to identify these subpopulations of cysts.
(8) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).
(9) This implies that these proteins are quantitatively absorbed from the peritoneum without undergoing modifications.
(10) These findings imply that if bleeding occurs following revascularization, in addition to the use of replacement blood products, treatment should be directed at reducing the consumptive coagulopathy and inhibiting fibrinolysis.
(11) The use of multifactorial experiment design, a model of infectious processes and immunomodulators alone or in combination with antibiotics is implied.
(12) The contents of magnesium, potassium and zinc plasma did not correlate with the corresponding concentrations in skeletal muscle or circulating blood cells, as investigated in healthy controls, diabetics and in all subjects together, implying that the plasma concentrations are not useful in the assessment of electrolyte status.
(13) Such cell-staining capacities of the carbohydrate directed antibodies imply the importance of glycoconjugate carbohydrates as cancer cell phenotypes.
(14) This also implies that both tubular secretion and tubular reabsorption are susceptible to competition between similar substrates for a common carrier site.
(15) For a subgroup of eight patients with postoperative MPAP greater than 30 mm Hg (at pH 7.35 to 7.40), pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) also significantly increased (p less than 0.05) as PaCO2 was increased, implying a direct pulmonary vasodilating effect of alkalosis.
(16) Demonstration of low levels of Pit-1 expression in Ames dwarf (df) mice implies that both Pit-1 and df expression may be required for pituitary differentiation.
(17) These data imply an essential role for Th cells, activated by DC as antigen-presenting cells (APC), in changing H-Y-nonresponder bm12 mice into H-Y responders.
(18) The present findings imply that patients in whom an apparent cure has been brought about by conservative treatment may harbor latent malignancy.
(19) These latter cardiovascular changes imply that the endotracheal pressure variations are the reflection of authentic inspiratory movements under the influence of the central nervous system.
(20) The relatively high HI titres observed, particularly in adults, imply that antigenic restimulation of antibody against measles occurs and thus that coverage by immunization remains inadequate.