Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.

    anflehen

    умоля́тьumoljátʹ, упрашиватьuprašivatʹ

    благатиblahaty

  2. (transitive)To beg or plead that (someone) earnestly or urgently do something; to beseech, to entreat.

  3. (intransitive)Often followed by for (a thing) or of (a person): to express an earnest or urgent plea.

More definitions
  • call upon in supplication; entreat

Examples

21 sentences
  1. I implore you not to do that.

    deIch flehe dich an, das nicht zu tun!

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  2. He implored her to come back.

    ruОн умолял её вернуться.

    deEr flehte sie an zurückzukommen.

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  3. She implored him to come back.

    ruОна заклинала его вернуться.

    deSie flehte ihn an zurückzukommen.

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  4. “Think of the children!” he implored.

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  5. But I implore you, don't tell Tom.

    ruТолько я вас очень прошу, не рассказывайте Тому.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently:
Русский
By meaning 1
to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently:

Forms

implores, imploring, implored, implored
Base formimplore · to implore
3rd person singularimplores
Present participleimploring
Past simpleimplored
Past participleimplored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyimplore
he, she, itimplores

Past simpleLesson

all personsimplored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave implored
he, she, ithas implored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill implore

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • call upon in supplication; entreat:begpray

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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