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View usage for: (ɪmplɔːʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense implores, present participle imploring, past tense, past participle imploredverbIf you implore someone to do something, you ask them to do it in a forceful, emotional way. Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock. [VERB noun to-infinitive] 'Tell me what to do!' she implored him. [VERB noun with quote] [Also V with quote, V n ]Synonyms: beg, beseech, entreat, conjure [formal] More Synonyms of implore implore in British English (ɪmˈplɔː) verb (transitive)1. to beg or ask (someone) earnestly (to do something); plead with; beseech 2. to ask earnestly or piteously for; supplicate; beg to implore someone's mercy Derived forms imploration (ˌimploˈration) noun imploratory (imˈploratory) adjective implorer (imˈplorer) noun imploringly (imˈploringly) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin implōrāre, from im- + plōrāre to bewail implore in American English (ɪmˈplɔr) verb transitiveWord forms: imˈplored or imˈploring1. to ask or beg earnestly for; beseech 2. to ask or beg (a person) to do something; entreat SIMILAR WORDS: beg Derived forms imploringly (imˈploringly) adverb Word origin L implorare, to beseech, entreat < in-, intens. + plorare, to cry out, weep Examples of 'implore' in a sentenceimplore Then an army officer came over, imploring the crowd to calm down and disperse. In other languagesimplore British English: implore VERB If you implore someone to do something, you ask them to do it in a forceful, emotional way. Opposition leaders this week implored the president to break the deadlock. - American English: implore
- Brazilian Portuguese: implorar
- Chinese: 恳求
- European Spanish: suplicar
- French: implorer
- German: anflehen
- Italian: implorare
- Japanese: 懇願する
- Korean: 애원하다
- European Portuguese: implorar
- Latin American Spanish: implorar
Definition to beg desperately `Tell me what to do!' she implored him. Synonyms conjure (formal) plead with pray to crave of supplicate go on bended knee to Additional synonymsDefinition to ask earnestly She beseeched him to take more exercise. Synonyms beg, ask, petition, call upon, plead with, solicit, implore, entreat, importune (formal), adjure, supplicate, prayDefinition to appeal earnestly to Synonyms appeal to, pray, beg, crave (informal), implore, beseech, entreat, importune, adjure, supplicate Definition to ask (someone) earnestly to do something They entreated the audience to stay calm. Synonyms beg, ask, appeal to, petition, pray to, conjure (formal), request, plead with, exhort (formal), implore, enjoin, beseech, importune (formal), ask earnestly, supplicate - implicit
- implicitly
- implied
- implore
- imply
- impolite
- impoliteness
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